as in autographed
to write one's name on (as a document)
you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal
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The Dolphins signed him to their practice squad two days later and promoted him to the active roster last October, then re-signed him in May.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Other clients on its books include Love Island contestants Laura Anderson and Liberty Pool, TikTok dance stars The Gardiner Brothers, and Kieron Conway, a Commonwealth champion boxer signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The three-member band from Japan signed with the Chinese label MODERN SKY last year, stepping up its presence in the region.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The team’s other two-way contracts were signed by Trey Jemison and Tosan Evbuomwan.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Other clients on its books include Love Island contestants Laura Anderson and Liberty Pool, TikTok dance stars The Gardiner Brothers, and Kieron Conway, a Commonwealth champion boxer signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The three-member band from Japan signed with the Chinese label MODERN SKY last year, stepping up its presence in the region.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The team’s other two-way contracts were signed by Trey Jemison and Tosan Evbuomwan.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
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autographed
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At the other end of the cultural spectrum, Bal Thackeray, cartoonist and founder of the Shiv Sena, the Hindu militant organization in Mumbai, received Michael Jackson at his home in 1996 and boasted afterward that the pop star had used and then autographed his lavatory.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The most prominent object is a framed Ohtani Angels jersey, autographed by the ballplayer to Bowyer’s four-year-old son.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Signed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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