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It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort.
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.
—The Economist, 11 June 2020
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.
—The Economist, 11 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semaphore
Noun
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One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.—
Phoebe Wall Howard,
Detroit Free Press,
24 July 2021
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The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.—
Sam Whiting,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Apr. 2021
Noun
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The biggest barrier to a trade here is Utah HC’s ambitions — the organization has no designs on preemptively waving a white flag on a playoff push during its first season playing out of Salt Lake City.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Alternating sections of red and white flags blew in a summer breeze, and the players were greeted by fireworks, a fly over from military planes and even a skittish bald eagle who could have done without the noise from the explosions.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
16 July 2024
Noun
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This sample from Apollo 17, mounted on a plaque featuring the Irish tricolor, found a more stable, albeit temporary, home.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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Photographed on December 29, the musician and beauty mogul was spotted in a vintage, tricolor brown Oscar De La Renta fur hat—sourced from vintage boutique My Haute Wardrobe.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Jan. 2025
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In line with the Princess of Wales' attire, the Duchess of Edinburgh also donned a blue and red cape over her gown, a nod to the colors of the union jack.—
Roxanne Adamiyatt,
Town & Country,
7 May 2023
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One dessert that stands out from all the cupcakes, cookies and biscuits decorated with crowns and union jacks is the Jack Russel cake, which brings to mind the king and queen consort's two Jack Russell terriers.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2023
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“Semaphore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semaphore. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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