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the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action
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Recent Examples of significations
Both artists draw from their Renaissance references to take up the significations of light, mass, and scale.
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Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for significations
Noun
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Old words are fabricated with new meanings.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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With its tongue way up its cheek, this zero-fat survival thriller is not bulked up with gratuitous sociological mumbo jumbo or layered with hidden meanings.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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The Tank Kallan Dana’s hilarious and curious (in both senses) memory play was an unsentimentally wrenching study of fixation — how certain people and stories get their claws into us and never let go.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2025
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If only everyone else would come to their senses, these guys would be managing billions of dollars and all would be right with the world.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Hold your canister or the opened up vacuum over the trash and tap out the contents.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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If the caffeine has already moved further along, doctors may use a laxative or a gastric lavage a procedure that uses a tube to wash out the contents of the stomach.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Factors In Kenya’s Sovereign Credit Rating Rise There are usually multiple significances to a credit rating action.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Doctors lack the expertise and capacity to study variances of uncertain significances in detail.—
David A. Brenner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Misunderstandings are clarified, and someone’s true intentions finally come to light.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Try to see that the other person has good intentions and is not trying to be fake or critical of you.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Significations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/significations. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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