sign language

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Recent Examples of sign language People can also scan QR codes on their phones to get sign language videos with the latest information. Simon Hill, Wired News, 7 May 2025 In 1880, though, delegates at the Second International Congress on Education of the Deaf, held in Milan, voted overwhelmingly to ban sign language in schools. David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025 An inquest into the death of TikTok star Imogen Nunn has paused after a sign language translator wasn't able to appear to interpret for deaf witnesses. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Related article Nvidia launching AI platform to make learning sign language easier For the full year, the company’s profits more than doubled to $74.3 billion, capping off a banner year in which Nvidia cemented itself as perhaps the most important player in the growing AI industry. Clare Duffy, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sign language
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
Noun
  • This combination allows participants to see detailed facial expressions and body language and even interact with objects in a virtual yet realistic environment.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The body language in the last two games has said it all.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Ever since November, the Reyes family has lived here, beneath tarpaulin and nipa palm, wedged between crashing waves and a coastal highway in northeastern Luzon.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
  • The legislation was still being negotiated hours before it was brought to the floor for a House vote, with Johnson eventually relenting to the $40,000 figure after a wave of last-minute bartering.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The Dolphins offered a sign that his rehab was progressing positively in March, restructuring his contract to convert $9.7 million of his 2024 salary into a signing bonus.
    Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025
  • Still, parents should not take the review as a sign that the US formula market is in disarray or in any way harmful to infants, Abrams said.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Among the methods being examined: Using radio signals to jam drones or force them to land.
    JOSH FUNK, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
  • Imagine your leadership team is waiting for a market signal that never arrives, clinging to a strategic plan that no longer aligns with reality, or ignoring new data out of loyalty to the original vision.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Social media content featuring rude hand gestures was scrubbed from the internet.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • Boxes and cylinders and prisms can no longer do that, and the lone remaining expressive gesture is to Go Weird, as architects strain for enough distinctiveness to produce a landmark.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 6 June 2025

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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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