number sign
Americannoun
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Then symbols, explanation points, the number sign and asterisks.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
John sure did get tired of people pronouncing his name with a hashtag instead of a number sign.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2015
Service holds are indicated by a double line, and service breaks are an askew number sign.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2014
Remove the number sign from the front of “woah” and the result is more like 50 tweets a minute.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2013
This character also has the significance of 20 as a number sign in the calendar.
From Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1 by Alberta M. Parker
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