guidepost

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Recent Examples of guidepost Warnock says Jackson's legacy should serve as a guidepost today. Debbie Elliott, NPR, 26 Feb. 2026 Save-the-dates act as an early guidepost, signaling that travel, lodging, and time off work may be needed, long before formal invitations arrive. Craig Lebrau, Freep.com, 17 Feb. 2026 It has also been used a guidepost for other emitting industries. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026 Your book is not only a guidepost for people considering taking GLP-1s or helping their family or friends who might be considering them, but also a message to break the stigma around obesity as something solely about willpower. Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 23 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guidepost
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guidepost
Noun
  • In a rare move, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond concluded that trial attorneys hid evidence that might have led to an acquittal.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Do not treat fear like evidence.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Williams pops off Williams scored 10 early points, knocking down a few 3-pointers and dropping in a layup to get the crowd going, and then canning a smooth midrange shot to get up to double figures within five minutes.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • New York buried 19 of 43 3-pointers while dominating the rebounding battle.
    Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Zhandos Moldabekov, PhD, a researcher at HZDR who came up with the idea for the method, said the method preserves the signal’s physical structure.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
  • Widespread ghost job postings inflate job vacancy numbers and provide inaccurate signals to government decision makers, including at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Nvidia's Jensen Huang recently suggested (registration required) that an engineer earning $500,000 should be using $250,000 in AI tokens annually.
    Anand Murugan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Just nine wallets accounted for roughly half of all UMA tokens that have voted on a Polymarket resolution over the past three years, the Bloomberg analysis found.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Forming each letter recruits the brain in ways tapping a key doesn’t.
    Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
  • The key is not to collapse entirely into one side and exclude the other.
    Inga Bielińska, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Patience and even guarantees, features that are often central to preventing the outbreak of conflict, had no place in such a scenario.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • But even with these advanced features, an Uber executive is sounding the alarm on the rideshare company’s AI spending.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • This San Diego company is hacking those DNA directions in plants — genetically engineering crops to carry more favorable traits.
    Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Just as each star sign has its own unique characteristics, every architectural style embodies different traits, supports a certain lifestyle, and exudes a particular feeling.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • Crime rankings varied depending on whether analysts measured violent crime only, included property crime, or compared cities of different sizes.
    James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • We were attracted to a rural, heavily wooded part of Wesley Chapel, where deer are common and roosters crow, and to the majestic live oak trees on our new property.
    Joseph Bonasia, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026

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“Guidepost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guidepost. Accessed 28 May. 2026.

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