milestones

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We need more quantum physicists coming out of college and entering quantum research labs, developing code, and working on the problems we need to resolve to reach key milestones.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Some songs embed themselves so deeply in our lives that they become part of our emotional fabric, pieces of inextricable connective tissue that lift us up or mark milestones through a lyric or a melody.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Tech leaders have famously grappled with a sort of arrested development—acquiring power and fortunes at a young age at the cost of typical life milestones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The percentage of participants achieving major weight loss milestones was also much higher in the semaglutide group.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Decades fly with no milestones to mark them.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman