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- noun Plural form of
sign . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sign .
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By appealing to the role of conventions, it is thought, we can distinguish linguistic signs, the meaningful use of words, from mere natural ˜signs™.
The Normativity of Meaning and Content Glüer, Kathrin 2009
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Passion of sudden death! that once in youth I read and interpreted by the shadows of thy averted signs [Footnote: "_Averted signs_": -- I read the course and changes of the lady's agony in the succession of her involuntary gestures; but it must be remembered that I read all this from the rear, never once catching the lady's full face, and even her profile imperfectly.]!
The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Proglem is google initially replaces all your blank spaces with + signs, the +signs with a \% 2B code and so on.
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Proglem is google initially replaces all your blank spaces with + signs, the +signs with a \% 2B code and so on.
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Proglem is google initially replaces all your blank spaces with + signs, the +signs with a \% 2B code and so on.
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Proglem is google initially replaces all your blank spaces with + signs, the +signs with a \% 2B code and so on.
AutoHotkey Community 2008
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Morgan Chase & Co.'s report last week showing that fourth-quarter profit jumped 47% amid what it called signs of strength among U.S. consumers and businesses.
Write-Downs Drive BofA to Loss David Benoit 2011
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And trying to read the signs is amusing, because a lot of thm just say "Thank you."
everyone still loves George Take~i! tragic_elegance 2008
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said on a visit to Afghanistan last week that he was heartened by what he called signs of progress.
Dozens of suspected Afghan insurgents killed in rare wintertime fighting Ernesto Londono 2010
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Democrats and liberal groups have been alarmed by what they describe as signs of possible retreat by the White House on especially important issues, and they argue that jettisoning a public plan would amount to a betrayal of those who supported Obama's historic candidacy last year.
Health Care, Obama and the USA May Fail; but the Dream Lives 2009
reesetee commented on the word signs
Strange signs from abroad.
May 17, 2010