sign language

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Recent Examples of sign language Hottle played Jia, the orphan who forms a bond with King Kong through sign language. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 To play Baby Karmakar, the deaf-mute assassin at the center of it, Qureshi learned sign language. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026 Thanks to her knowledge of sign language, Porter was also able to help the oldest of the siblings, who couldn't speak due to the way cerebral palsy affected the muscles of her mouth. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 This year’s winners, Samuel Nagel and Paul Feiler, developed a wearable that translates the sign language into text, which is displayed on a screen that non-signers can read. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sign language
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
Noun
  • Efforts to integrate these cameras with software that would provide real-time automatic threat assessments to officers (by analyzing the body language of whomever police are interacting with) have gone nowhere.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Claudio Hail As sighted creatures, humans have always used light for communication through body language, writing, smoke signals, and more.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Southern California is in the middle of a Super El Niño heat and humidity wave.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That scoreboard is now misleading, because the same AI wave letting those companies shed jobs is handing thousands of capable people the time and the reason to build something of their own.
    Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But rather than placing a higher hurdle on the bill, the maneuver is considered a sign of its popularity as a temporary stopgap.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Mars in your sign challenges disciplined Saturn, creating the deeply irritating experience of feeling motivated and blocked at the same time.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Issues involving crew fatigue and performance, along with warning signal flaws, are surfacing as federal authorities continue to probe a fatal freight train crash in Elgin last fall.
    Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The finding could help scientists distinguish genuine signs of dark matter from misleading signals.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The moment taps a broader wartime tradition in Ukraine, where heroic dogs, cats and rescuers become national emblems — and American gestures of solidarity carry growing political weight.
    Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In a gesture of peace, al Sharaa enshrined key rights for Kurds via presidential decree, such as protection of the Kurdish language and recognition of Kurdish holidays.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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