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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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The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, the ministry said, days after the facility was overwhelmed with the dead and wounded when Israel resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of airstrikes.—
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
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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These three signals work together like the leaves of a shamrock.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The pullbacks in nonessential areas like restaurants and airline travel signals consumers might be turning their concerns about the economy into tighter budgets.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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These range from coral restoration in Jamaica to water catchments for schools in Grenada and marine conservation education in Antigua—and even seemingly small gestures that can have a big impact, like supplying technology to an elementary school in the Bahamas.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Israel's spy agency lists failures in preventing Oct. 7 attack Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim said in a statement the group would release Alexander, who is alive, and the bodies of four dual nationals as an initial gesture.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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