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Recent Examples of sign language
These services include not only account assistance but also foreign language services either in person or via the Over the Phone Interpreter (OPI) line, sign language interpreter services and reasonable accommodation for those with a disability.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
Communication Supports: May include, but are not limited to, captioning, alternative and augmentative Communication Supports, plain language, sign language and other supports that facilitate effective communication.
—Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2025
Cloudlike bursts and quivering lines give a sense of the physicality of sign language.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The Silence of My Hands | Dir. Manuel Acuña; 2024; Mexico; 80 min
Rosa and Sai are committed to one another despite distance separating them in this sensory journey spoken entirely in sign language.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
Communication Supports: May include, but are not limited to, captioning, alternative and augmentative Communication Supports, plain language, sign language and other supports that facilitate effective communication.
—Hazlitt, 4 Jan. 2025
Cloudlike bursts and quivering lines give a sense of the physicality of sign language.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The Silence of My Hands | Dir. Manuel Acuña; 2024; Mexico; 80 min
Rosa and Sai are committed to one another despite distance separating them in this sensory journey spoken entirely in sign language.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
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Assistant coach Kyan Brown was walking through the locker room before the next game and didn’t like the players’ body language.—
Eric Olson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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According to Sweetie Pet Products, the position, speed, and direction of a wag all contribute to a canine's overall body language.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Isar is the first in a wave of European launch startups to arrive at this point.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Mar. 2025
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The good news is that emotions function somewhat like a wave.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Aside from waiting until the average last frost date has passed, the seedlings will give signs when they can be transplanted outside.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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The tulip is considered one of the biggest signs of warmer months on the horizon and as such, tulip festivals have become a very popular attraction all over the world.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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This sharp decline signals trouble across the ecosystem, particularly for smaller players.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Talk of Salke’s departure amid a power struggle with Mike Hopkins, the head of Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, had been swirling for a while — and last month’s deal putting the Bond IP into the creative hands of Amazon was a further signal that Hopkins was about to make a change.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Several subreddits banned links to X after the tech billionaire made a Nazi salute-like gesture at a Trump inauguration event.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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In 2019, media outlet Genius produced a video noting that while NLE Choppa and YoungBoy Never Broke Again use the term and gesture, it was first popularized by Young Thug.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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