signals

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But I’m not entirely comfortable with a mayor who might be sitting around City Hall waiting for signs and smoke signals rather than knowing what to do on his own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Federal funding for quantum, including equity stakes, signals a U.S. strategy to secure domestic supply chains for critical technologies.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

This leaves policymakers operating in a world of uncertainty, interpreting imperfect signals and using models undermined by gaps in real-time knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But with radar equipment, it’s possible to send out radio signals that bounce off another object and return to the sender—revealing where that object is.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein