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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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After four days, the video had almost 18 million views and the petition had collected over 1 million signatures.
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Editor’s tip: As the legend goes, in 1736, the signature Avène Thermal Spring Water’s skin-soothing powers were first discovered when a horse with itchy skin rolled in the water regularly to find relief.
—Siena Gagliano, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
Video footage and pictures from the Oval Office show Trump wielding the markers and leaving signatures in thick, black ink.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
That said, his record will show more vetoes of state budgets with teacher raises than signatures and Republican lawmakers delivering through veto override.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Editor’s tip: As the legend goes, in 1736, the signature Avène Thermal Spring Water’s skin-soothing powers were first discovered when a horse with itchy skin rolled in the water regularly to find relief.
—Siena Gagliano, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
Video footage and pictures from the Oval Office show Trump wielding the markers and leaving signatures in thick, black ink.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
That said, his record will show more vetoes of state budgets with teacher raises than signatures and Republican lawmakers delivering through veto override.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Signature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signature. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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