Flag
Indicate
Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Media will unfailingly indicate that a character has received mail by having the flag on the mailbox sticking up.
Source: The Coconut Effect - Last of His Kind Level Goal: Represented by a red flag, like the one seen in the Bantam village in the intro (presumably, they've been left behind to indicate the right way to the meeting spot).
Source: Video Game / Vivid Conceptions - Some players of Pirates Of The Spanish Main build their models with the flag (properly called pennant) flowing backwards (although that would indicate that the ship is sailing directly into the wind) because they find it looks funny the other way around.
Source: Artistic License Ships
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