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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pound sign" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the symbol "#" which is often associated with currency (pound sterling) or as a hashtag in social media contexts.
Example: "Please include the pound sign before the amount when writing the price, like £50."
Alternatives: "hash symbol" or "number sign".
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You know, with a pound sign.
Comment lines begin with a pound sign.
Comments start with a pound sign.
Nigel, your official logo is a pound sign.
You created a username and joined a channel, indicated by a pound sign: #politics, #sex, #computers.
It turns out that it's a figure with a pound sign on the front.
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This is not a pound-sign.
On the way to the tube I pulled out my camera and took a shot of London's most sweeping panorama: the vista from Waterloo Bridge towards the City, half-obscured by a slash of red – a motion-blurred bus sporting a prominent pound sign in an advert on its flank.
His party is using an upturned pound sign for a logo, in a clear parody of the UKIP symbol.
Boyzone – currently celebrating their 20th year since they were just a twinkling pound sign in Louis Walsh's eye – are a great example of our new appetite for boyband longevity.
A little pound sign would indicate information on Churchill's family.
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