SIGNING UP (FOR) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

signing up (for)

verb

present participle of sign up (for)

as in signing on (for)

to become a member of they both signed up for a Spanish class

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The agreement also includes an additional $1 billion in equity to retain Hugging Face employees joining Nvidia.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Belkin is joining companies like BMX, Kuxiu, and Zens with the launch of its first power banks featuring semi-solid-state battery technology.

— Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026

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Trading innovation goes to the birds As regional stock exchanges began to crop up, so did arbitrage opportunities—that is, chances to buy or sell an asset in one market, then lock in a profit by entering the opposite order in another.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
After a bittersweet season that saw United reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time, but fail to qualify for this season’s edition, the club is entering a new era.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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On Wednesday, Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed spoke to media members for the first time since rejoining the team in early June.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
He will be replaced by Arnaud Belloni, a former Stellantis executive who is rejoining the company after working for Renault in Europe.

— Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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