signatures

plural of signature
as in hands
a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent I'll just need your signature on the application, and then we're all set

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Recent Examples of signatures The experiments revealed signatures of the non-Hermitian skin effect, where quantum states concentrate near one end of the system instead of remaining evenly distributed. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026 Candidates have until July 15 to declare their intent to seek the nomination and gather signatures from at least 8 of Maine's 16 counties. Saige Miller, NPR, 10 July 2026 Amendment 4 takes aim at Missouri’s century-old initiative petition process, which has allowed citizens of both parties to collect signatures and place measures on the ballot. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 While the initiative will surely fail at the polls, the fact that campaign organizers were able to get enough signatures and raise funding from out-of-state sources hints at a long-term effort that outdoorsmen everywhere should pay attention to. Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 Now, four candidates are preparing for the primary after Fortune secured the necessary number of petition signatures to gain a spot on the ballot. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026 An online petition opposing the project has so far garnered more than 24,000 signatures. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 The testing is focused largely on ink analysis, including the ink used on the signatures. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 Barring the necessary votes, candidates need signatures from voters to make it onto the ballot. Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 July 2026
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Noun
  • Imagine how that comes across to a president who wouldn’t admit to climate change if his putter melted in his hands or Mar-a-Lago became a swim-up hotel.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • But while Erling Haaland and his band of striking Vikings have taken the 2026 World Cup by storm, Norwegian sports officials have been wringing their hands about the future of the nation’s sports model.
    Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • On the wall across the bar are autographs of former USMNT greats, scrawled inside a mighty shield.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026
  • Unlike modern sports trading cards, which are not only hefty but often bedazzled with autographs, jersey patches, and random holograms, the Panini stickers are flimsy and meant to be abused.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

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