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signpost

[sahyn-pohst] / ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst /




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The next signpost will be the meeting in China in late March.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

"I would encourage pupils, if they feel well enough, to attend school tomorrow where staff will signpost them to the support services available," he said in his letter.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

What I was thinking, in fact, was that I was quite underwhelmed by the faded red curbs as a signpost for progress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Regardless of the sticker we slap on this signpost, it refers to the late-20s urge to commit to your path or trash it and start fresh.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025

As her eyes followed it, they came to rest on an oil drum, the signpost of American civilization in the North.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Over the past year, three books were signposts along my journey from anxiety to stubborn optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

With the corporate earnings season drawing to a close and no major economic data releases currently expected in the run-up to the Fed’s meeting, the next market signposts remain unclear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

At least three signposts matter in determining what happens next.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025

The BofA team tracks 10 bear-market signposts — signals that, according to Subramanian, have reliably anticipated past stock-market peaks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

We pass a busy ticket hall full of vendors and rows of glass hatches, lines of seats and signposts.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

However, they will still see content posted by creators paid or sponsored to advertise particular products or services - often signposted with "#ad".

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

“All In the Family” signposted its main character’s irascible bigotry and generation-gap grievances in the first minute by having its main character sing wistfully of a time when “Guys like me we had it made.”

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

My family were signposted to a charity called the Jennifer Trust, now known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK, which helped support me.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

In areas like Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire, parents are instead given advice in their child's early development checks, or are signposted towards free NHS tests at their local optician.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

What I haven’t recognized till now is that the answers are signposted.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Like Guedez, many residents pushed on with their desperate search despite the signposting.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

She told me there would "definitely be recognition of what the city has gone through" during the ceremony, with clear signposting of support mechanisms and ways to donate.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

BMI Research analysts said "given that the global economy is slowing, the group will likely want to maintain their current cuts, while signposting the scope for further reductions, if market conditions demand it."

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023

The plaintiff is a TV writer who says Delta’s “carbon-neutral” signposting misled her and that “she would not have purchased said flights on the same terms had they known those representations were not true.”

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2023

It’s not that authors should avoid signposting altogether.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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