Thesaurus results for MILESTONES

milestones

noun

plural of milestone

as in climaxes

a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs the new drug was regarded as a milestone in the treatment of heart disease

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Recent Examples of milestones Each of those milestones came through films directed by Ryan Coogler, underscoring how the filmmaker’s influence extends beyond storytelling into reshaping opportunities behind the camera. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026 March brings a lot of familiar milestones. —

CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 The career milestones will accumulate. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026 Others wait until children reach certain milestones before sharing details. —

Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026 Most of the greatest statistical milestones throughout NBA history can be scrutinized with qualifiers or asterisks or nitpicks. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, the race for European sovereign space access is intensifying as several startups approach flight milestones, supported by over € 900million in collective funding from the European Launcher Challenge. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026 Indonesia’s stocks and currency slid toward new bearish milestones as rising Middle East conflict dragged on regional assets, compounding concerns over the country’s investability and policy direction. —

Prima Wirayani, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026 The now 10-day-old war hit new milestones over the weekend as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026

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Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.

— Jessica Lipsky, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The band has never sounded this melodic before; Wroth in particular brings a constant dynamism to his guitar solos, often layering two and reaching climaxes that refuse to collapse into just a flurry of notes, building off Phantom Slaughter’s keyboard melodies with a real sense of drama.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026