guidepost

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Recent Examples of guidepost The Supreme Court’s decision remains, as always, our guidepost. Time Staff, Time, 18 Apr. 2025 As the Chiefs embark on free agency each offseason, general manager Brett Veach offers the team’s front office a guidepost, of sorts. Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025 This book, originally published in 1903 and reprinted as recently as 2006, was a guidepost for many Jewish cooks through the 20th century, with chapters on household rules, outlines of menus, and recipes for everything from borscht to chicken chop suey. Devra Ferst, Saveur, 7 May 2025 Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Helene Cooper Jason Horowitz Claire Brown Maureen Cavanagh, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guidepost
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guidepost
Noun
  • That conclusion is also supported by video evidence of the prison unit where Epstein was housed.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 8 July 2025
  • In October 2005, a Finnish court acquitted Gustafsson, ruling the evidence against him was too weak and inconsistent.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Items deemed safety hazards (Frisbees, balloons, laser pointers, fireworks, etc.) Tobacco products (the campus is tobacco-free) Weapons Pets are not allowed except for service dogs, which must be harnessed or tethered and identifiable.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Ed Ulbrich loved the days of the early ’90s and late ’80s, when visual effects meant sitting on set with filmmakers or in screening rooms in post-production, aiming laser pointers at screens and literally shaping the look of a film.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • These micro-interactions are powerful signals of respect.
    London Business School, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Entrée was tantamount to a cosmic signal that one’s achievements — or notoriety — had resonated in the culture.
    Michael Grynbaum, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • More tokens mean more opportunities for a model to make small mistakes that snowball into larger ones.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
  • Ether , dogecoin , Solana's SOL token and Cardano's ADA are all down double-digits for the year.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • The Perfect Warm-Up: Ezra Collective Brings the Fire Brit Award and Mercury Prize winning British band Ezra Collective set the stage for Stevie Wonder with an energy-filled, all guns blazing performance full of magical keys, sublime saxophone and dazzling drumming.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • As Pentagon leaders see it, the key is to get unmanned systems ready to go immediately.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • That version comes equipped with the Meta AI voice assistant and includes features that, when tethered to a smartphone, lets users identify city landmarks, get recipes when looking at ingredients and record and send voice messages on WhatsApp and Messenger.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 9 July 2025
  • At 44-feet long, the town's new ladder truck has a compact wheelbase for improved maneuverability— an essential feature for navigating the town’s narrower roads and residential areas, Interim Fire Chief Matthew Lupo explained.
    Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • What wasn’t reported was Rivera’s aversion to pitches coming near him, a trait that’s fatal to long-term hitting success.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
  • This method allowed scientists to precisely manipulate traits like shape, color, and pattern — something impossible to do with living specimens.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • While California’s property and sales and excise taxes rank near the middle of the country, its individual income tax burden is second only to New York.
    David Lightman July 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
  • Local stakeholders, include Lauren Bailey, the co-founder and CEO of Upward Projects, the restaurant group that created Postino, Federal Pizza and other concepts, whose office is located in one of the rotunda buildings on the property.
    Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025

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“Guidepost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guidepost. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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