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guideposts

noun

plural of guidepost
as in pointers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guideposts
  1. pointers
  2. signals
  3. evidences
  4. features
  5. characteristics
  6. keys
  7. traits
  8. tokens
Noun
  • Spain shot 50% from the field and made 13 3-pointers while eliminating the Opals.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The team set a tournament record for 3-pointers in a single game by netting 22 in its final group game on Monday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of pointers
Noun
  • Finance leaders can identify that shift by looking for several signals within the company’s existing program.
    — Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Together, those signals give brands a broader view of the market than any single channel provides.
    — Advertorial, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of signals
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Flock recently changed some of its features to prevent abuse.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Conventional PCSELs generally depend on repeating patterns, and changing the shape or spacing of those features can make fabrication difficult.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of features
Noun
  • See the Republican Party, which considers Islamophobia as one of its main characteristics.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • What’s more useful in understanding the world is a straightforward accounting of it—a kind of double-entry inventory of its characteristics.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of characteristics
Noun
  • The industry remains near the beginning of its cycle, and the same principles—control over keys, and the routing of decisions—apply well beyond custody, including the issuance of tokenized instruments.
    — Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The ula fala is a traditional Samoan necklace made from dried parts, called keys, of the tropical pandanus plant that are polished then strung into a necklace.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of keys
Noun
  • That focus on specific traits, though, could leave them vulnerable in a few areas.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And sometimes, personality traits that seem like faults are the very thing that will carry you through that fight.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of traits
Noun
  • Sub-agents then went through code repositories and extracted credentials like passwords and tokens that developers had left, written directly into the company’s software.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Unnecessary context consumes tokens, can increase latency and gives the model more information to sort through.
    — Ambarish Majumdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of tokens
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“Guideposts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guideposts. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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