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.
was signaling
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past progressiveof signal.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By mid-November, Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority was signaling it wouldn’t grant Binance a full license to operate imminently with a decision about Financial Action Task Force’s gray list looming in February.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
But my inner ear was signaling all of this movement to my brain.
From Scientific American ● May 26, 2023
By naming the men in the charging documents, law enforcement was signaling they know of the inmates’ crimes even if they were not being prosecuted, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
The jury was able to absorb the various text and online messages from Tarrio that prosecutors presented, showing that Tarrio was signaling what was expected of other Proud Boys and cheering them from the sidelines.
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
I turned and looked at the ref and he was signaling no basket.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
