signal
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US President Donald Trump confirmed the concerted action aboard Air Force One early this month, calling it a "signal of friendship" with Japan, and "good for the world economy".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
All eyes are on Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech but with no Q&A typically attached, there’s limited scope for markets to press for a clearer September signal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
When positioning in futures markets starts to look stretched in either direction, it could signal that a reversal is imminent.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The calculations also support an earlier finding that binaries with total black hole masses roughly above 109 solar masses dominate the predicted PTA signal.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
They had hoped that more earthquakes, or perhaps a new growth on the bulge, would signal that the big one—the eruption they were all waiting for—was about to happen.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
While there may be no immediate consequences for missing this year's target, it signals that the country is on course to miss a legally binding 2030 target of cutting emissions 65 percent by 2030.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
As a result, breadth oscillators remain on sell signals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Neuropathic pain develops when injured nerve fibers repeatedly send abnormal signals to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
By linking those samples with long-term health information and genetic data already held by the cohort studies, researchers hope to uncover biological signals associated with heavy menstrual bleeding.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
This was before the use of radio signals to plot position, before radar, before satellites.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Nvidia signaled it is willing to pay higher memory-chip prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
During this time, the Fed kept short-term rates at zero, bought bonds to bring down long-term rates and signaled clearly to markets that these arrangements were for an extended period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The White House and Treasury Department have signaled they are prepared to take dramatic action.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Micron stock was reacting as Nvidia signaled it is willing to pay higher memory-chip prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He signaled his agreement, and then Gray and his mate glided silently into the green meadow.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Lopez had hinted before the fight that he would be taking time out for the upcoming birth of his child, but quickly signalled his plans after securing victory.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Now consistently able to produce personal-best performances, the silverware is beginning to follow, and this golden moment signalled a changing of the guard at the top of British sprinting.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The bigger question is whether Burnham is likely to follow through with some of the more expensive policies he's previously signalled, including reforming social care or expanding council house building.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Burnham became Britain's seventh prime minister in just over a decade Monday and signalled a new left-ward direction for the Labour government during his first speech outside No. 10.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
I saw a carriage coming down the street and signalled to the driver.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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
This signaling protein is produced by many cell types, including tumor cells, and plays a role in determining how cells develop.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
HeyDude’s revenue decline narrowed to 5.7% in the three months ended in June, signaling progress after several quarters of double-digit drops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A few months earlier, when crisp leaves had begun slipping to the ground, signaling the end of summer, Dad had been in high spirits.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
"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
Munira Mustaffa, a Malaysia-based counterterrorism and extremism expert, said they were "frustrated signalling" by insurgents intended to "get the government to return to the table".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 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
Because signalling was affected - think of that as the traffic lights of the railway - trains had to stop.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
As he drew nearer, he saw it was a massive golden weather vane, signalling to him.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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