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a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent
I'll just need your signature on the application, and then we're all set
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Recent Examples of signatures
The group is still trying to collect enough signatures to see their proposal appear on the ballot in November 2026.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
His enthusiasm for collecting has endeared him to other people in the community, from customizing signatures to posting about the hobby, jumping on streams to rip packs and even walking the floor at some of the biggest card shows like any other average collector.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
He was then elected to the seat full-time later that year and served for nearly a decade before more than 43,000 residents submitted signatures in June, triggering an election to potentially remove him from office.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
While it has thus far been signed by nearly 250 arts organizations and hundreds of individuals, major museums are conspicuous by their absence, with signatures predominately coming from arts centers, associations and regional councils.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
But the final Master’s Keep chapter is Eddie and Bruce’s show—this bottle is the first to have just their two signatures on the label and not Jimmy’s.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Another nearby point of interest for history buffs is Historic Blenheim and Civil War Interpretive Center, a Greek Revival-style house dating to 1859 that preserves signatures and pictographs from Federal soldiers who once lived there.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The $60 canvas sneaker is detailed with elastic side panels and a vulcanized rubber sole, its black-and-white checker motif among the brand’s most enduring signatures since debuting in 1977.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck and Tom Hanks were among the signatures on the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) letter, along with prominent Disney stars Selena Gomez, Pedro Pascal, Diego Luna, Martin Short and Meryl Streep.
—Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
His enthusiasm for collecting has endeared him to other people in the community, from customizing signatures to posting about the hobby, jumping on streams to rip packs and even walking the floor at some of the biggest card shows like any other average collector.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
He was then elected to the seat full-time later that year and served for nearly a decade before more than 43,000 residents submitted signatures in June, triggering an election to potentially remove him from office.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
While it has thus far been signed by nearly 250 arts organizations and hundreds of individuals, major museums are conspicuous by their absence, with signatures predominately coming from arts centers, associations and regional councils.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
But the final Master’s Keep chapter is Eddie and Bruce’s show—this bottle is the first to have just their two signatures on the label and not Jimmy’s.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Another nearby point of interest for history buffs is Historic Blenheim and Civil War Interpretive Center, a Greek Revival-style house dating to 1859 that preserves signatures and pictographs from Federal soldiers who once lived there.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The $60 canvas sneaker is detailed with elastic side panels and a vulcanized rubber sole, its black-and-white checker motif among the brand’s most enduring signatures since debuting in 1977.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck and Tom Hanks were among the signatures on the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) letter, along with prominent Disney stars Selena Gomez, Pedro Pascal, Diego Luna, Martin Short and Meryl Streep.
—Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signatures
Noun
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The land changed hands as developers pitched grand ideas to no avail.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The rapper also took some time to greet his fans and sign autographs.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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In New York City, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have a date night at a screening of her directorial debut Eleanor the Great, and Mariah Carey signs autographs ahead of her new album Here for It All.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Signatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signatures. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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