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 That involved gathering thousands of signatures and a legal challenge settled by the Georgia Supreme Court. Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026 When later editions were printed, most of the overt Nazi symbolism was quietly removed from the signatures. Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Raybould said Linares-Rea allegedly used both victims' signatures without authorization. Doug Myers, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 These attributes can reduce logistical burden, extend mission endurance, and deliver resilient power for maritime and expeditionary operations while maintaining low acoustic and thermal signatures. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 The author and comedian, who was wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, has responded after a petition to cancel her Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Cartwheel surpassed 10,000 signatures. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 Many users found pages through Yahoo-style directories, bookmarks, newsgroups, email signatures, and links from site to site because the web was still small enough that human organization could compete with machine indexing. Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 In 2024, dozens of people rallied outside Kellogg’s headquarters and delivered petitions with 400,000 signatures asking the company to remove artificial dyes and BHT. Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 Tyler collected enough signatures to qualify for a primary, but Santanella challenged the process and prevailed in an appeal to Superior Court. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signatures
Noun
  • On Thursday, Clancy loudly sobbed, shuddered and covered her face with her hands as a medical examiner testified about Callan’s autopsy.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Those workers understand what a white-collar reader mostly does not, which is that the moment your knowledge leaves your hands is the moment your leverage leaves with it.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Several Falcons players stopped and signed autographs for the fans, who saw a heavy dose of 11-on-11 periods throughout Saturday night’s session.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Young and his fellow starters contented themselves with running drills before the game and signing autographs for fans.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Signatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signatures. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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