signal
noun
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, such as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a signal to leave.
is signalling
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present progressiveof signal (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Education Secretary Lucy Powell is signalling plans for "big changes" in the school curriculum in England, reports the Times.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the Chinese leader is signalling that he may hold the geopolitical cards in this game, and that his influence – though limited – on both Kim and Putin may prove crucial in any deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Bears will note the Atlanta Fed's usually reliable GDPNow measure is signalling a sharp Q4 slowdown to just 1.2% annualised.
From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023
Those dots will be closely scrutinised, to see if the Fed is signalling a pause in its hiking cycle.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2018
The frigate yonder is signalling to the gun-brigs, who are all answering her; and that, to my mind, looks very much as though the absence of the ship and the brigantine has just been discovered.
From The Log of a Privateersman by W. (William) Rainey
