signals

Part of Speech:

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indication; authorization n.
indicate; give a sign to v.

NOUN

indication; authorization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alarm beacon cue gesture indicator sign

STRONG

Mayday SOS alert bleep blinker flag flare go-ahead mark movement nod okay omen tocsin token wink

WEAK

green light high sign

Antonyms

STRONG

denial refusal veto

VERB

indicate; give a sign to

Synonyms

STRONGEST

warn

STRONG

beckon communicate flag flash gesticulate gesture motion nod semaphore sign signalize wave wink

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signals

"Instead, placodes emerge spontaneously from local interactions between cells and chemical signals."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Berry wrote that this would happen as long as the West "continued to show signals that they are willing to work together".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

By studying how cells move in response to chemical signals, the team developed a model that successfully recreates the formation of hair follicle patterns in two mammalian species.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

But it takes two to tango and China’s government gives off mixed signals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

One of our favorite things to do after a storm was to head to the beach to see what we could find, because a hard rain helps the metal detector pick up signals.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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