signpost
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The next signpost will be the meeting in China in late March.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 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
This surely gives a signpost to the way forward.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
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
The men reached the house and realized it belonged to Joaquim Antonio—the man whose initials Rondon had found carved on a signpost.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
“There’ll be a number of signposts that we’ll be watching,” Wirth said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
You’ve written about how the media often signposts police as heroes — has this always been the case or was it a gradual process of building a public relations institution?
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2026
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
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
Like all writing decisions, the amount of signposting requires judgment and compromise: too much, and the reader bogs down in reading the signposts; too little, and she has no idea where she is being led.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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
The words "better together" may have been signposted inside the canteen, but there was a notable absentee.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
It signposted its recent five-year plan, which has been approved by the government.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 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
Wiltshire Police is urging residents to only call 999 in an emergency, and is signposting those who wish to report obstructions and debris on roads to local authorities or National Highways.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024
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
Like all writing decisions, the amount of signposting requires judgment and compromise: too much, and the reader bogs down in reading the signposts; too little, and she has no idea where she is being led.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
