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 change prompted pushback from some hosts, with one petition attracting more than 7,000 signatures by Thursday evening. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The Illinois State Board of Elections removed both from the ballot, finding Sigcho-Lopez 1,222 valid signatures short and Macías 1,058 short. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Cotton Seamless and Cotton Sensation are established signatures, and cotton is central to our identity. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Over the past four months, community members opposing the sale have protested, started a petition with over 7,000 signatures, as well as forming the coalition and steering committee. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 Their scale also gives scientists a powerful testbed for examining subtle signatures of the early universe. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 An analysis of data from two previous clinical trials also showed that patients whose tumors showed stronger gamma delta T cell signatures tended to have better overall survival when treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors during chemotherapy. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 But voters gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the map and put it on hold. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026 If the numbers don't match those in the statewide voter registration database, then, just as when signatures don't match, election officials must contact the voter. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Alaska’s bid for statehood, in the late nineteen-fifties, was in part a matter of keeping the hands of Seattle businessmen off local salmon stocks.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Fans can purchase autographs, photos and personalized signatures during the event.
    — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Christian Yelich and Max Fried signing autographs on Saturday for Altadena Little Leaguers.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Signatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signatures. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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