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gesture

[jes-cher] / ˈdʒɛs tʃər /


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Don’t miss: Should wealthier Americans forgo their Social Security benefits as a charitable gesture?

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Team-mate Ernest Muci agreed to relinquish the jersey as a gesture of respect for the club's marquee signing.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Armed relatives fired repeated volleys into the air, a customary gesture of mourning in many Arab communities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Pogacar’s signature gesture came the next day when he served as a companion to teammate Isaac del Toro, and helped del Toro secure the white jersey as the Tour’s best young rider.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Fischer signed his score sheet, made a helpless gesture as if to say “What am I supposed to do now?” and left the stage.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

They could even convey the rules they had discovered through gestures or sketches.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

She pays attention to how the actor’s mannerisms change when they are in action — how they walk, which foot they lean on and other subconscious physical gestures.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Dallas McMurray’s artfully animated performing of the childlike pantomimic gestures that thread through the dance occasionally prompted audience laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The company says its "companion-centric" device can interpret human gestures and bop to musical rhythms, as well as take selfies and steady videos.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Following his cues, which included subtle hand gestures and some buck-buck-bucking in pitches high and low, the chickens stepped and bobbed their heads in rhythm.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Toward the end of the performance Raul stood and gestured to the crowd that they should stand and applaud.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

She gestured at it: “Treat me as though I were dead.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Muchova, who had clutched her ankle and gestured towards her side in pain during the final set, looked drained as she raised her arms in celebration.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Anyway, before we could respond, he gestured at a TV mounted on the wall, level with the highest shelves groaning with organic kibble and handmade toys, and sang out, “Because there he is!”

From Salon May 2, 2026

Olka gestured to my grandmother, who held her paintbrush between her teeth as she scrutinized the canvas.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Lavie appeared in a jailhouse-yellow shirt and blue pants and looked distressed throughout the hearing, nodding and gesturing to friends at times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

"I remember that as a child I climbed up there, all the way to the main roof tile," former salt farmer Omer Hot said, gesturing at the seven-metre-high storehouse roof.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Barzar said, gesturing for a customer in line to move to an open register.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

"We want to push justice to investigate," he says, gesturing to the towering new buildings surrounding Tirana's central Skenderbeg Square.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

And now she’s stepping aside, gesturing for Libby to come in.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day




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