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milestone

[mahyl-stohn] / ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn /


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Corallie Hunt, coastal habitats adviser for NatureScot, said the installation of the first saltmarsh flux tower in Scotland marked an "important milestone".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Nvidia stock has broken through to new highs and the next milestone isn't that far off.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

A related neutral atom platform in the lab recently reached a major milestone by trapping 6,100 atoms in a single array.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The milestone is particularly notable because it hints that U.S. borrowing conditions haven’t just returned to a pre-2008-2009 financial crisis normalcy, as some investors have recently suggested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

One woman’s actions on a single bus eventually led to the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

"We had several milestones we had to pass, and at each point, this project could have failed."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The agreement is mutually non-exclusive, with each company retaining development and commercial rights and no provisions around royalties, milestones, or revenue- or profit-sharing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Other research groups have recently reached similar milestones using different forms of quantum hardware.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Majumdar told MarketWatch that the Quantum World Congress could trigger a “sentiment reversal” if government contracts or big customer wins are announced, or if there is evidence of progress on technical milestones.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Fortunately, I met all of my mental-development milestones, and a test showed I was smart enough to make all the effort worthwhile.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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