milestone
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Jessica Fick found out at age 31 that she and her husband had reached their Coast FI milestone, with $300,000 in savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Lead volunteer Graham Hollingwood said the group was approaching the 1,000 bag milestone which "just shows how much work goes into protecting our riverbanks" and the "phenomenal" efforts of volunteers.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Capt Thompson added that the deployment was a "key milestone" for both the vessel's Nato role and its "journey back to the Royal Navy's 'very high readiness' aircraft carrier".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dewan and Stiles discussed how their “DWTS” tenure lines up with milestone anniversaries for their beloved dance films “Step Up” and “Save the Last Dance,” respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ammu said, so loudly that Murlidharan, who had hopped off the milestone to stare into the Plymouth, backed off, his stumps jerking in alarm.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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Rory's mother said: "He's just like every little boy and hitting milestones"
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
After the IPO, tranches of warrants in SB Energy would vest based on the company reaching certain market-value milestones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, cautioned in a recent statement that “no one knows how many more of these milestones America can take.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Millennial television’s leads are also constantly striving to hit adult milestones, established either by their elders or their own anxious minds.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
A gold-and-enamel lapel pin adorned with a ruby was to be bestowed upon her at the center’s annual awards ceremony, which recognized employees hitting milestones of service with the center.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Vocabulary lists containing milestone
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