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guideposts

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plural of guidepost

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Noun

Getting one trey apiece from Burton as well as reserves Kayla Thornton and Zandalasini, the Valkyries used a 3-2 edge in 3-pointers to create the margin of their halftime lead.

— Reuters, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
The 6-foot-1 senior from Slovenia provided the outside scoring punch glaringly missing against Baylor He scored a team-high 24 points and made six 3-pointers.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of pointers

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Cancer can exploit molecular signals that restrain immune responses, allowing malignant cells to escape attack even when identified.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Yet advertising systems may still use that activity as one of several signals when building a profile.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 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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For families prioritizing space, practical features, and a more premium cabin without moving into a full-size SUV, this New Atlas writer thinks the new Atlas deserves a place on the shopping list.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The MacBook screens have always been top-notch, meeting P3 color-gamut standards despite being IPS panels, and some have adopted additional features like True Tone ambient color adjustment.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of features

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Researchers examined material imperfections and electrical characteristics that can introduce parasitic effects.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Galland embellished his ghouls with new characteristics not found in the original Arabic, chiefly the macabre practice of digging up graves to feast on human flesh.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of characteristics

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There was the woman on the sixth floor, who often forgot her keys and would press our buzzer to get Dad to go out and open the door for her.

— Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
There are full-size Backspace, Delete, and arrow keys, in addition to a number pad and a separate row of volume controls.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of keys

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Researchers have not identified which traits make someone more likely to form the antibodies, and Yang said antibody formation has not been linked to other health effects.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
But he’s shown to be a perfect fit in Dan Hurley’s system with many of the same traits as the beloved Huskies’ captain.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of traits

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About one in five respondents said operating costs, including tokens, have constrained their AI use.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Some companies have set limits on employees' usage of tokens, or the units of data that are processed and generated by AI models, in a bid to slow rising AI bills.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of tokens

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