: an intermediate point on a route or line of travel
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This natural hinge in the sailing year is the culmination of the Caribbean season, marked by the Antigua Sailing Week regatta, an Atlantic waypoint that signals the start of the exodus east and the long sail home.—Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 The point of this exercise at this calendar waypoint is merely to mark a starting point and to attempt to determine where the most uncertainty — and opportunity — lies on the Broncos’ current 91-man roster.—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 May 2026 Their birth was a crucial waypoint on math’s inexorable march from the numbers and shapes that people encounter in everyday life into ever more abstract caverns of thought.—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026 Operators will guide missions using pre-set or updated waypoints.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waypoint