signaling

variants or signalling
present participle of signal
as in motioning
to direct or notify by a movement or gesture signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away

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Recent Examples of signaling His appointment is designed to provide continuity while also signaling a change in direction. Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 And right now, despite rising borrowing costs, companies are making some pretty decent profits, signaling that the economy may be doing well nonetheless. Rafael Nam, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 So, questions of network latency and the computational overhead needed for O-RAN V2X signaling remain as yet unresolved. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 In the final moments, a voice answers her call, signaling that the Yellowjackets time in the wilderness may be coming to an end. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026 Signing Imai this winter represented a splash for a franchise that is reluctant to spend in free agency while signaling its advancement into the Pacific Rim. Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 In mammalian aging, the abrupt changes show there is some kind of signaling that drives the system. Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026 Relational signaling matters because the gift itself communicates something about the relationship. Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, investors are still not rushing to lock in yields at multi-decade highs, signaling a collective wariness that the selloff may not be over. Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signaling
Verb
  • Hamrick said to his companion, motioning to a spot short of the summit.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • In security footage obtained by ABC 13, the officer, alleged to be Carrico, is seen motioning the woman to take a seat; the woman complies.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Columbia is not just an enclave but a neighborhood within a neighborhood, a 36-acre concentration of urban activity — activity that has always included regular doses of protest, speechifying, electioneering, and petition waving.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Behind the scenes, White House officials have spent months waving Kennedy off his vaccine agenda amid a historic wave of measles infections.
    Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Lavie appeared in a jailhouse-yellow shirt and blue pants and looked distressed throughout the hearing, nodding and gesturing to friends at times.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The novel also alludes to contemporary examples of violence in the country’s current, democratic system, gesturing to the ways in which brutality persists in Brazil as state and corporate power continue to commit violence with near impunity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

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“Signaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signaling. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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