Symbols, he said, differed from signs, which are seen as simple advertising.

The credit market took hope from signs of an easing in Fed monetary policy.

Gradually, he figured out how the humans were voting from other signs they gave.

From signs I was almost certain that she was in a family way.

Analysts said the declines resulted from signs that inflation is well under control.

And from certain signs, I think I'm about to discover it.

From signs on the streets today, the Iraqis left in a hurry.

They may be hard to distinguish from signs of infection.

Stocks drew some support yesterday from continuing signs of strong consumer spending.

Another piece of good news for the bank came from signs that problems had peaked among large corporate lenders.