guidepost

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Recent Examples of guidepost The Supreme Court’s decision remains, as always, our guidepost. Time Staff, Time, 18 Apr. 2025 As the Chiefs embark on free agency each offseason, general manager Brett Veach offers the team’s front office a guidepost, of sorts. Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025 This book, originally published in 1903 and reprinted as recently as 2006, was a guidepost for many Jewish cooks through the 20th century, with chapters on household rules, outlines of menus, and recipes for everything from borscht to chicken chop suey. Devra Ferst, Saveur, 7 May 2025 Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Helene Cooper Jason Horowitz Claire Brown Maureen Cavanagh, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guidepost
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guidepost
Noun
  • This means that evidence of the weapons—let alone those carved from mammoth tusks—can serve as vital sources of information on human societal evolution.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
  • The discussion laid bare a system that is structurally failing the Global South and explored how it might be rebuilt. CPI data reveals that only about 10% of total climate finance currently goes toward adaptation, with little evidence of a significant upward trend.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • But there are specific pointers for ensuring your trap catches the intruder.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
  • But as intelligent as German shorthaired pointers are, the pup still can't seem to master the simple task.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Realmuto slapped Castellanos on the butt after the home-plate umpire issued a rare double-safe signal.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • Ham radio operators — especially those in Hawaii — may have noticed a sudden loss of signal on frequencies below 25 MHz shortly after the flare erupted, according to spaceweather.com.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Shares of private company can be exchanged by accredited investors in secondary markets; Republic will initially price SpaceX tokens based on how the company’s shares are performing there.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • Most of these firms are raising money, merging with public shell companies and buying crypto tokens, allowing investors to participate in digital asset investing in a familiar forum.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Much of the work is behind-the-scenes—updating certificates, keys and secrets—but intrinsic to efficient, secure and well-managed operations.
    Jordan Rackie, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The key is its ability to penetrate the skin beyond the surface barrier.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • McEnroe and Evert each gave TNT high marks for its debut, with the latter commentator praising the cable network’s willingness to experiment with big names and decidedly untraditional features.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 June 2025
  • In fact, 9 in 10 young adults consider the in-car infotainment platform an important feature when making purchasing decisions.
    Jon Kirchner, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The Dalmatian Club of America, for example, spent decades urging breeders to euthanize deaf puppies so the trait wouldn’t spread.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025
  • Additionally, the study also found a correlation between breathing traits and a person’s mental health.
    Jay Kakade June 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Each household is eligible to receive two trees, and the trees may be planted on resident’s private property only.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • Two Leading Hotels of the World member properties lie within minutes of one another.
    John Oseid, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025

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“Guidepost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guidepost. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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