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
To mark the 14th anniversary of his death, Everton have installed a 'talking bench' on the fan plaza as a way to "encourage conversation, tackle loneliness and isolation, and signpost people to mental health support".
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 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
Betsy paused to set her arm like a signpost.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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As the Spurs dethroned the defending champions on their home floor, the 22-year-old Wembanyama didn’t just match the early-career signposts of the greatest players in NBA history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Instead of making an argument, an algorithm will narrate its own process, relying on clunky signposts like “this article will explore” or “moreover” and “furthermore.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
For now, it’s difficult to say where prices for gold and silver may go from here, Marex’s Meir said, given that there are “no resistance signposts on the charts.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
Given all the signposts the story’s obligated to hit, the plot’s cohesiveness is a minor miracle.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
‘It looks funny, people walking around like signposts, or billboard adverts.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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After the tourists put up 416, England were going well at 188-1 before, in their determination to attack, falling one after another into Australia's clearly signposted short-ball plan.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
It is now better signposted too, with the letters "aw" inscribed on each way-marker as a nod to the man who thought of it first.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
The statement added: "Jurors who require additional counselling will be signposted to appropriate services, such as those provided by the NHS."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
What I haven’t recognized till now is that the answers are signposted.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Like Guedez, many residents pushed on with their desperate search despite the signposting.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
In a statement on Monday, the IDF said it was reorganising access to the sites and this would include new "fencing" and signposting, including directional and warning signs in order to improve the operational response.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
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
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