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guideposts

noun

plural of guidepost

as in pointers

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Noun

Sonia Citron made four 3-pointers and scored 22 points for Washington, which had won three straight on the road.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Zandalasini made four 3-pointers in the first half to help Golden State build a 42-30 lead.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of pointers

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Markey's win comes amid a slew of losses for Democratic incumbents during recent primaries and signals how age has become a divisive factor among the party.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
That model made sense when software moved more slowly and source, ownership and process were reliable trust signals.

— Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of signals

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Tome is also accused of intentionally deleting digital evidences, police said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
What Frost’s claim evidences is that perennial American anxiety about speaking a tongue whose name isn’t shared with that of our nationality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of evidences

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Historically, the Grand Sport has borrowed its design characteristics from the range-topping Z06, and that’s no different this time around.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
This potentially allows the same aircraft platform to undertake different types of strike missions while carrying weapons configured for different target characteristics.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of characteristics

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These are hot-swappable, which means individual keys can be changed out without soldering.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
The long-sleeve, open-front design offers lightweight coverage with no fussy buttons or zippers, while functional front pockets are deep enough for a phone, keys, and other small essentials.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of keys

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His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.

— Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The offense showed a lot of good traits in a small sample size, but still has strides to make as the Tigers open up the playbook.

— PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of traits

Noun

To me, your caps-lock text and expressions of frustration are just strings of text tokens.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
For example, OpenAI said, Astra achieved a higher score using fewer output tokens, a common unit of measurement for AI tasks, on a key cybersecurity test called ExploitGym.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tokens

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