signpost
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It all amounted to a brutal critique of Liverpool's strategy under Slot this season, as well a offering up a signpost as to the style he feels they must approach after this disappointing season.
From BBC ● May 16, 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
His inspiration comes from Yoda, whose adage “Do or do not. There is no try” serves as a constant signpost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Eventually, however, after some searching, I found a signpost to 'Mortimer's Pond', and so it was that I arrived here at this spot a little over half an hour ago.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
“The Madman’s Guide” has no chapter headings but many signposts such as “to digress further” and “at last to return to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
As we string groups of words together in our heads, resting and resuming, we take in almost unconsciously the little signposts of punctuation that give shape and rhythm to what we’re reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
Given all the signposts the story’s obligated to hit, the plot’s cohesiveness is a minor miracle.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
Bookbags still hung on hooks in classrooms; dishes and pictures littered the floors of houses; signposts pitched at angles across streets.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
“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
She went off work with stress in December 2021 and had regular contact with Dr Swinghurst, who prescribed anti-depressants, signposted her to mental health support and provided a sick note until April 2022.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The words "better together" may have been signposted inside the canteen, but there was a notable absentee.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
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
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
The first subsection introduces the concept of “metadiscourse,” followed by one of its principal manifestations, the use of signposting.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
