signal
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"We found the earliest signal detected on brain scans to date, which could be useful for tracking the disease before symptoms emerge and may help with earlier detection," he says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ordinary people acquire one more linguistic choice through which to signal agreement, resistance or exhausted indifference.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Seth Goldstein at Morningstar doesn’t expect Tesla to lay out much that wasn’t already known from a high level, adding that the event would be more about offering a signal of progress.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Researchers later attributed the signal to the collapse of part of a glacier that triggered the flood.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Time to get back to our lessons,” she said, clapping her hands briskly three times, just the way Miss Mortimer used to do to signal an end to a birthday party.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The move marks one of Uber's largest restructurings in years and signals a shift towards a leaner operating model.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said he wants the bond market’s signals to inform Fed policy decisions, not vice versa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
One reason the Fed has a target of 2% inflation is because higher prices distort signals in the economy, making it harder for manufacturers to gauge demand.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
But it’s the response from major news organizations that signals that a crucial threshold has been crossed.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Akira couldn’t see or hear what it was yet, but she had learned to pay attention to Dodger’s signals.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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In the past, the economic pressure was such that Pyongyang had signaled a willingness to sacrifice its nuclear program for relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Micron stock was reacting as Nvidia signaled it is willing to pay higher memory-chip prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The White House and Treasury Department have signaled they are prepared to take dramatic action.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The official signaled Bessent will make direct appeals to counterparts in bilateral meetings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A soft grunt signaled that he found it.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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But when the Clippers landed Leonard as a free agent, beating out rivals such as the Los Angeles Lakers, it signalled a new era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Regulators have signalled that platforms will be expected to meet higher standards as the industry matures, particularly when political or economic events are involved.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Already, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has signalled that more teenagers should start technical education at 14 and has supported a work experience scheme for 10,000 young people announced this week by the retail chain Sainsbury's.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Tehran signalled last week that it had agreed with Oman a route for ships to transit the strait and were finalising arrangements to jointly manage the waterway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Mr. Struthers signalled wildly to the overseers to stop the tractor, but the overseers were only human and it took time to act.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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For now, the most important message was, they added, a measured response signaling to Moscow that nothing Russia does will shake Berlin’s support for Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The company has been signaling for organic revenue to reaccelerate in the back half of this calendar year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
OpenAI, after initially promising an IPO this year as well, is now signaling it will wait until 2027.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The researchers also did not directly examine certain pathways involving inflammation or neuromuscular signaling, either of which could have contributed to the observed effects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Beyond the sticky-sweet mounds of garbage, plumes of sharp-smelling smoke rose into the sky: bonfires from the human village, signaling the start of All Hallows’ Eve.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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"Recent data have reduced the immediate need for tighter policy, giving Warsh room to re-establish the Fed's inflation-fighting message without signalling imminent action," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
"As Bessent himself confirmed, the move is mainly a signalling mechanism, with the Treasury showing it is prepared to step in with yields near current levels," said economists at Capital Economics.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The threat is not limited to superficial damage or coercive signalling but now carries a direct and substantial risk to seafarers,” said Dimitris Maniatis, Marisks’s founder and chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Virtue signalling" about why you are taking time off is another no-no.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
No one saw the pity of its position, hanging there in eternal meaninglessness, silently signalling to those with eyes to see, “I’m a legitimate punctuation mark, get me out of here.”
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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