How to Use guidepost in a Sentence

guidepost

noun

• The guidepost said that the camp was to the left.
• If boundaries start to blur, the pledge can serve as a guidepost.
  — Xerxes Cooper, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2023
• There are no guideposts, no divining rods to tell you what to do.
  — Barry Diller, WIRED, 1 Feb. 1995
• But, Orange’s six broad goals are guideposts for the city’s future.
  — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 26 Nov. 2024
• Many people use dates on packages as guideposts and rely on their senses.
  — Washington Post, 6 June 2019
• That said, there are guideposts and truisms that will give many savers a good shot at getting it right, experts said.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
• On our winding path to progress, that promise has served as a critical guidepost.
  — Wes Moore, TIME.com, 17 Dec. 2016
• Whichever direction you’re headed, here are a few guideposts to keep in mind.
  — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2023
• The most conventional guideposts out there are pretty old and creaky.
  — Chris Taylor, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2017
• Warnock says Jackson's legacy should serve as a guidepost today.
  — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 26 Feb. 2026
• What kind of advantage will your brother have having both your dad’s and your career as a guidepost?
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2019
• While hydration needs vary by person, a useful guidepost is to aim for at least half of your body weight in ounces per day.
  — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 13 May 2026
• Paving the way for better personal health is now the guidepost for the company’s bold new changes.
  — Susie Gharib, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2017
• The book became a guidepost for the craft cocktail movement that emerged across the country and throughout the world.
  — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019
• The book became a guidepost for the craft cocktail movement that emerged across the country and throughout the world.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• That makes the bright star a convenient guidepost for hunting down the asteroid.
  — Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2019
• People look to places like Harvard to serve as cultural guideposts.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
• Boötes is often depicted as a herdsman, but its real value lies in its role as a guidepost.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• But one guidepost comes from its projections of where the unemployment rate will settle in the long run.
  — Josh Mitchell, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
• That any guidepost is reliable is an illusion.
  — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
• It has also been used a guidepost for other emitting industries.
  — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
• Bustillos has just the right tone as a reassuring guidepost for the teen throughout his chaotic life.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2023
• Financial markets, which provide a guidepost on where the central bank is heading, were no help.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
• The chapter titles are opaque, more like symbolic poetry than guideposts for the book.
  — Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times, 26 May 2017
• Biden takes pride in his Catholic faith, using it as a moral guidepost to shape his social and economic policies.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2021
• Either way, sensitizing yourself to what sparks joy—and what doesn’t—can be a valuable guidepost for you this month.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• Biden takes pride in his Catholic faith, using it as moral guidepost to shape many of his social and economic policies.
  — Josh Boak, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Oct. 2021
• For the moment, at least, Walz seems to have passed the do-no-harm test that has become the guidepost for choosing a running mate.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• But on the 14th, the razor-thin crescent moon will act as a convenient guidepost for tracking down the dim duo.
  — National Geographic, 1 Jan. 2018
• The rate indicates what banks charge each other for overnight lending but sets a guidepost for a slew of other consumer debt products.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 July 2024