goalpost

noun

goal·post ˈgōl-ˌpōst

: one of usually two vertical posts that with or without a crossbar constitute the goal in various games

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Yes, but: AGI is also not well-defined, and both optimists and pessimists have complained that it's become a moving goalpost. —

Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025 Kelce was fined for doing Gonzalez’s signature celebration by dunking the ball over the goalpost during the Chiefs’ win at Pittsburgh on Christmas Day. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025 The sport has entered a twilight zone where Indiana has already qualified for a bowl and Vandy fans are toting a goalpost through downtown Nashville and throwing it into the Cumberland River. —

David Whitley, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024 Kickers want the laces facing the goalposts for a truer flight. —

David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for goalpost