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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of signal.

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Examples

  • No, whats really signalled is that the Republicans don't like her and will try everything they can think of to block her appointment.

    Senators signal fierce ideological debate in Sotomayor hearings 2009

  • Chamberlain signalled to the host an order for departure, and they set out thinking that the two Kings and the Wazir were with them; knowing not that the three had made for the monastery.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • When noon was signalled from the observatory upon the hill, spotless garments waved in the keen air from every line in the large drying yard at the rear of the cottage.

    Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

  • At one o'clock we are in the broad antechamber of the port, known as the Lyee-Moon, and are signalled from the lofty peak to the inhabitants of the town lying at its foot.

    In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World 1891

  • THE start of term signalled a new beginning for two 21st century primary schools in West Wales.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • Tip Top marketing manager Trish Whitwell said the labelling signalled greater acknowledgement by the company of its long-standing commitment to home-grown ingredients like fresh cream and fruit.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By LAURA BASHAM 2010

  • And when, again upon the shore, we turned and saw from the vessel's mast her name signalled in flags of joyous colours, and fluttering by their side the beautiful American banner with its stars and stripes, -- the long three thousand miles and more, and, longer still, the six whole months of absence, so dwindled and faded that the ship had gone out and come home again, and it was broad spring already in the Coburg Dock at Liverpool.

    American Notes 1842

  • "Lord Vader," he whispered, his throat raw from yesterday's little incident between us, "General Veers has signalled from the surface.

    Here Comes The Son 2005

  • "Lord Vader," he whispered, his throat raw from yesterday's little incident between us, "General Veers has signalled from the surface.

    Archive 2005-05-15 2005

  • While the company's financial reports were improving, a number of vehicle recalls signalled that its famed quality was slipping, and Mr. Toyoda began to sound the warning bell.

    Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle Norihiko Shirouzu 2010

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