How to Use sign over in a Sentence

sign over

verb
  • Germany has signed over more than 1,100 Benin Bronzes.
    — Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
  • While the New York Giants haven't played well over the past few years, there have been some promising signs over the past few weeks.
    — Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In return, the HOA agreed to pay for the maintenance of the sign over the next 10 years.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
  • Illustration of antiviral tactics to control pathogens, with a red target sign over the virus.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But there were nowhere near as many positive signs over the weekend from the holdover Mets who are going to determine how far this team goes.
    — Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Daniel Palencia returns as the closer, and most of the other bullpen pieces were signed over the offseason.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Paramount didn’t originally sign over the Yellowstone streaming rights just to be nice.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Consumer advocates say insurance checks should never get signed over until a job is completed.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Even Miller-Green, who supports her brother’s endeavor, isn’t ready to go so far as to sign over her home to the nonprofit.
    — Jessica Blough, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
  • Deed theft is when a scammer steals someone's home, often by forging documents or tricking someone into signing over a deed.
    — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Digital signs over the roadway display the toll rates for various destinations.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The rookie, who was originally signed over from Japan to be a starter, delivered three scoreless innings for the Dodgers.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • At least one lawmaker — who voted to move the bill forward — asked to see an example of what types of agreements schools and public libraries have been signing over the years.
    — Samantha Hernandez, Des Moines Register, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Alcor is funded by everyone from billionaires down to regular people who sign over part of their life insurance policies to be members.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Phillips filed for divorce from Masterson in September of that same year, and the actor signed over full custody of their daughter a month later.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
  • The Khourys said they were shocked to learn in January that the entire building had been signed over to Another Planet.
    — Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2025
  • Victims signed over their insurance checks to Rubinsky’s company before work started.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The film follows an executive who is required to sign over his employees to be cannon fodder for the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
  • As with Endeavour, NASA signed over title upon the orbiter's arrival at its new home.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Armia, also signed over the summer, has been as advertised, bringing aggression, energy and a serious threat to score shorthanded.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Now, 110 East is about 70% occupied, having signed over 237,000 square feet this year.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Living people are not eligible for honorary street names that add a brown sign over the legal green signs, according to local outlet Block Club Chicago.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Among other changes, the reforms prevented windshield-replacement companies from requiring customers to sign over the benefits of their insurance claims.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Donald wins the governor’s race, but Lee blackmails him into signing over his family’s land to the Osage Nation in memory of his late brother.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • About two months later, the victim signed over his deed in a legal document prepared by Igor Shlafman, 54, of Parkland, the appraiser said.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The payment for the work is $1,000, with property rights signed over to the ESO for the purposes of reproduction and distribution.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The issuer, MassDevelopment, has also signed over tax-exempt millions to developers of affordable housing.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • How those clients paid Epstein was somewhat nontraditional, however, and in Johnson's case that involved signing over one of her multi-million dollar properties to Epstein.
    — Chris Spargo, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • By October 2023, Masterson signed over full legal and physical custody of Fianna to Phillips, who also requested the court award her spousal support.
    — Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Hundreds of miles away on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, a real estate agent plans to coach his clients on a workaround, asking the seller’s insurance broker to sign over the home’s existing flood insurance coverage to a prospective buyer.
    — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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