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signalize

[sig-nl-ahyz] / ˈsɪg nlˌaɪz /




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Later on, after having stated that most verbs ending in -ize are "nearly all unnecessary and ill-formed," the text pops up with trivializing, signalize, actualize.

From Time Magazine Archive

Piece de resistance of Orchestra Conductor Meyer Davis' repertoire was "Moonlight on the Santa Clara," which he composed himself and dedicated to Allan Hoover to signalize the occasion.

From Time Magazine Archive

John Sharp Williams prunes the gardenias and oversees the cotton planting at his old Mississippi home, infrequently sallying forth to signalize some state occasion with his mellifluency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Producer Calvin Kuhl used the Faulkner play to signalize the switch of the Video Theater from Mondays to Thursdays.

From Time Magazine Archive

So I thought I would signalize the occasion by answering the circular Mrs. Wadsworth has sent broadcast asking people to "consider a few facts about the woman suffrage victory in New York."

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Ida Husted Harper

“We did find an increase in fatal crashes at signalized intersections in these cities after the cameras were turned off.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

To test its effectiveness, researchers collected data over the course of three weeks in March 2022 from each of Birmingham's 34 signalized intersections -- most of which are fixed-time systems.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

Atkinson said the Chicago verdict expanded on the New York ruling in several key areas, reinforcing the need for Chicago to equip all its signalized intersections with APS.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023

Sidewalks and signalized pedestrian crossings, traffic calming in neighborhoods.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2017

His reign of seven years has already been signalized by an extraordinary virility, and a care for all in the Church.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

If asked to state reasons for the President of the U. S. signalizing the 1928 Congress by a visit and speech, Dr. Rowe might have explained in effect as follows: "Caesar."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Bell had long been a student of heraldry, and saw an opportunity not only of benefiting his friend, but of signalizing himself.

From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

I am now signalizing the ships at Plymouth to join me; but, I rather doubt their ability to get to sea.

From The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters by Horatio Nelson

The two sieges allowed him some remarkable opportunities of signalizing his personal valor, which, in the improved state of the military art, can seldom be exerted by a prudent general.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Henry Hart Milman

Cortez and his companions," says Chevalier, "had incurred the necessity of signalizing themselves by some great exploit.

From Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou




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