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sign language

NOUN
language using movements of hands and face
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Through the crack under the closet door, she said, she saw feet traipsing through the bedroom and heard men whispering in a foreign language.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The winners of last year's Ig Nobels included scientists who painted zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies and others who showed how drinking alcohol can help people speak a foreign language.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

The boost was largest for scientists who write in English as a second language and face extra hurdles when communicating technical work in a foreign language.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

The Palme d'Or winner has four nominations, while fellow foreign language films The Secret Agent and No Other Choice have three apiece.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Besides, her English was still just classroom English, a foreign language.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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