The phrase "signals a move" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a statement, action, or event that indicates a change or transition from one situation or level to another. It can also refer to a physical or metaphorical movement. Example: The sudden announcement of the company's new CEO signals a move towards a more innovative and customer-centric approach.
The introduction of the Floods Directive signals a move from flood protection towards flood risk management in the European Union.
The monumental, rotating Square (2014) signals a move into kinetics, where twisting quadrangles are stacked on top of each other, their surface reduced from the signature scattering of mirrored pieces into a single veneer of polished steel.
Its everyday popularity – popping up on Facebook, slogan shirts and fitness books – signals a move away from "thinness" in favour of a more achievable, "real" body, led not by magazines but by social media.
Yet it is unclear whether official tolerance for pleasures ancient and modern signals a move towards liberalisation; or whether spliffs and massages are meant merely to dull demands for popular participation in government.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft's latest entry into the browser battle trenches is Internet Explorer 8 which packs a bunch of new features and more significantly signals a move by Microsoft to finally comply with web standards.
To those of us in the industry, this signals a move in the right direction.
In short "The Bachelor" does not signal a move toward globalization in the reality show market.
Fizzing with frenetic energy, Rough Sleeper signalled a move towards longer, more upbeat compositions.
Does the publication of your "Collected Poems" signal a move away from poetry?
This year's poll, scheduled for June 12, could have signaled a move toward political normality.
Step forward the Labour government - though the Tories had signalled a move in this direction before Blair came to power.
