nod

Example Sentences

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“It definitely was a nod that that’s where the establishment should head,” Maviglio said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In 2016, she received her first nomination for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — although that nod was a decade late, since she’d been eligible since 2007.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

During a call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the astronauts said they shared maple cream cookies while passing the far side of the moon, a nod to astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s home country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

A month after the vote, he called supporters to set up loosely connected associations to handle on-the-ground organising, dubbed "TISZA islands", a nod to the party sharing its name with the country's longest river.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I nod, eager to find a reasonable explanation for the dread creeping into my brain.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller