Example Sentences

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At the ceremony, Zane, a governor on the Academy’s casting-directors branch, will be among those in attendance watching for what the first winner will signal about how the art form is judged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

To placate these policymakers, some economists think the Fed will signal that the bar for future rate cuts is high, said Egelhof of BNP Paribas.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025

The CME Group’s FedWatch tool suggests markets are clearly anticipating a quarter-percentage-point reduction next week, but remain split as to how the central bank will signal its policy path into next year.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

Shows get cancelled, comedians get persecuted and media genres become obsolete, but those setbacks never have and never will signal the end of the art.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

Finally, the house is to be sprayed with the cleaning service’s signature floral-scented air freshener, which will signal to the owners, the moment they return home, that, yes, their house has been “cleaned.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich