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as in means
to be of importance
never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least
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as in implies
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind
the symbol failed to signify anything to me—until I realized that it was upside down
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Recent Examples of signifies
The holiday also signifies the end of summer and falls on the weekend of Riverfest and the Western & Southern WEBN fireworks, Cincinnati's annual end-of-season extravaganza.
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2025
Bottom Line Target stock is trading at a significant discount, but this gap signifies weak growth, narrow margins, and a consistent history of underperformance during downturns.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The color signifies caffeinated energy, insight, refinement.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically.
—Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
The number two signifies duality and calls for unity, Jenn King, cosmic numerologist, tells USA TODAY.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
That silence signifies a deep, collective pain.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Its presence indicates the fat or sugar may have separated, often due to storage issues, and signifies the bar’s texture may be compromised.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
This development signifies substantial progress toward the creation of compact particle accelerators that can generate high-energy beams.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2025
Bottom Line Target stock is trading at a significant discount, but this gap signifies weak growth, narrow margins, and a consistent history of underperformance during downturns.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The color signifies caffeinated energy, insight, refinement.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically.
—Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
The number two signifies duality and calls for unity, Jenn King, cosmic numerologist, tells USA TODAY.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
That silence signifies a deep, collective pain.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Its presence indicates the fat or sugar may have separated, often due to storage issues, and signifies the bar’s texture may be compromised.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
This development signifies substantial progress toward the creation of compact particle accelerators that can generate high-energy beams.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signifies
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In cooler climates, that usually means September, but gardeners in warmer climates can wait until October.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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But even the valley’s actual wetlands aren’t always what the name implies.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Given the relative scarcity such an arrangement implies and the NFL’s unmatched reach, commercials that air within that content tend to fly off the shelves.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Fire containment Understanding what 14% containment means Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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As the report indicates, both State and non-State actors were responsible for violations in over 20 countries, with the highest numbers recorded in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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That’s the only thing that matters.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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This framework helps teams identify where AI adds value and where human insight still matters most.—
Brad Rencher,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Cooking by weight would fix this, but since volume is the American default, the comma denotes an important difference.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Note that the correlation 1D_5D denotes the correlation between 1D post-earnings returns and subsequent 5D returns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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And number one, they're sealed, and number two, each window weighs about 600 pounds.—
Toby Meyjes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Kraus is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs approximately 140 pounds and has long silver hair, police said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Signifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signifies. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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