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as in signature
a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent she added her autograph to the joint tax return

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verb

as in to sign
to write one's name on (as a document) asked the baseball player to autograph the bill of his cap

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Noun
Years later, those same kids were adults and showed up in autograph lines. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 John Schneider, who played Bo Duke in the series, and Byron Cherry, who played Coy Duke, signed autographs and took photos throughout the day. Leia Mendoza, Variety, 29 June 2025
Verb
At intermission, a cluster of fans, speaking in excited bursts of Creole French, started moving toward the stage, holding out papers to be autographed. Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025 Howarth says the prices of the cards will vary depending on the card set and whether it is autographed. Alyssa Cooper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for autograph
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Noun
  • The band, whose unmistakable signature sound emanates from June Kuramoto’s formidable prowess on the koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, was formed in the 1970s in East Los Angeles by leader Dan Kuramoto.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 24 July 2025
  • Plancarte was added as a beneficiary in a handwritten amendment that appears to bear Rose’s signature.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • Residents can sign a pledge to participate in the Lights Out Louisville program, which calls for business and homeowners to cut down on artificial light usage at night, while also drawing shades, curtains and blinds after dark to help prevent bird strikes.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2025
  • Brown County in April signed a $90,000 federal contract to house federal detainees at a rate of $70 per person per day — up to $63,000 — and $27 per hour for transportation and guards — up to $27,000.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • In real life, people may shuffle only a few times between hands and not mix the cards well.
    Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
  • Israeli officials, and many citizens, reject these numbers out of hand, because the Health Ministry is under the control of Hamas.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025

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“Autograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autograph. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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