Thesaurus results for SIGNS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sign

as in autographs

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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noun

plural of sign

as in gestures

a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling made a sign for the audience to be quiet

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as in symbols

a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader an "and" sign

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Recent Examples of signs

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The elderly driver, consumed by guilt, signs his house over to Yu Jie and covers his medical and living costs each month. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Each move is credited to the generation of whoever signs the contract, and customers must be 18 to rent a truck, so the youngest members of Gen Z aren’t captured. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 In a state, a governor usually signs an executive order that names the area expected to be affected by the pending severe weather. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 But every sentence can be tied to the moment in the conversation that supports it, and every dose matched against what was actually said, with the clinician who signs the note as the last check. — Dhyey Mavani, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Vistra must still meet technical, legal, environmental and financial requirements before the agency signs definitive financing agreements or provides any funds. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 The formal eviction process includes several steps and concludes only when a judge signs an order saying a tenant has to move. — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Even if Newsom signs the bill, the program would start small. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 But until Hughes actually signs, there’s going to be a cloud of doubt over the potentially franchise-altering negotiations, just like with Kirill Kaprizov a year ago. — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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With midterm elections weeks away, Republicans face signs that some of those gains are slipping. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 With hindsight, there were warning signs, said Constanze Stelzenmüller in the Financial Times. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026 Both products contain moisturizing ingredients like squalane and shea butter, plus vitamin E to smooth signs of aging. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2026 Think tombstones, solid skeletons, signs or other decorations that hold their shape and don’t have loose or dangling parts. — Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026 All signs were pointing to a simple typographical error, where Nature had printed 1841 instead of the correct year of 1848. — Mike McRae 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 And from a professional standpoint, the protest signs aren't half bad. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Yields on a key cloud provider’s bonds rose further, one of a number of signs of investors souring on AI infrastructure investment. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Many have taken to the streets in towns and neighborhoods to protest the worsening situation, with roadblocks, tire-burning and residents holding up signs criticizing the government for not providing adequate solutions. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for signs

Noun

We had been told not to point, lest our gestures attract a sniper’s bullets.

— Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
The gestures of moving, being, and breathing coalesced for Kristin as this poem, which emerged from the state of presence that is meditation-in-action.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of gestures

Noun

According to organizers, subjects covered include fig tree stranglers, various symbols of the underworld and evil-spirit resisters like fennel.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Through bold color, pattern and craft, his chairs have evolved into vehicles of storytelling and symbols of heritage and belonging.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of symbols

Noun

And in a very recent experiment, quantum optical signals in a superposition of different states of light were communicated between South Africa and China over a distance of more than 12,900 kilometers.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Quantum sensors that can guide ships and aircraft without satellite signals.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026