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guideposts

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plural of guidepost

as in pointers

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Over four college seasons, Tyson has 1,621 points and 213 made 3-pointers in 124 games.

— CBS News, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Puerto Rico was trailing by seven points going into the final quarter, but Imani McGee-Stafford scored and Pamela Rosado followed with two 3-pointers to take a 59-58 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of pointers

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There’s also the regulatory DNA that controls gene activity, along with the signals that help determine what should and shouldn’t be included in mature messenger RNAs produced by genes.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Facilitating rapid response to shifting market signals, Brandix has built a production ecosystem that goes from raw materials to retail-ready garments, centralizing capabilities for agility.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 9 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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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

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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

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The agencies alleged that the companies pulled billions of tokens from models made by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceX, likely with the Chinese government's awareness.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
The tokens are structured as debt securities backed by the underlying shares, although Tenev also declined to say how Robinhood plans to exercise the voting rights attached to those shares.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

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