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signifying

[sig-nuh-fahy-ing] / ˈsɪg nəˌfaɪ ɪŋ /








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The Nasdaq is up 10% since a recent low 11 days ago, signifying an exit from so-called correction territory.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Of all the remarks that Witkoff has uttered over the past year signifying his unsuitability for the job he’s been inexplicably handed, this one might take the proverbial cake.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

For most of my adult life, I have felt like that kind of “within” talk is fortune-cookie horoscope speak, signifying nothing.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Ms. Gaul tellingly zeros in on her interviewees’ sense of the term as signifying “a contrast to anything imported as well as anything produced industrially or on a mass scale.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

A cold wind blew out of the east now, signifying that the rain was over for a little while.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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