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signpost

[sahyn-pohst] / ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst /




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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

There is currently no legal obligation for streaming platforms to label AI-generated songs, despite increasing calls for them to signpost such tracks.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

As her eyes followed it, they came to rest on an oil drum, the signpost of American civilization in the North.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Solmssen dots his story with signposts that will keep students of history engaged as they turn pages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Instead of making an argument, an algorithm will narrate its own process, relying on clunky signposts like “this article will explore” or “moreover” and “furthermore.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

You’ve written about how the media often signposts police as heroes — has this always been the case or was it a gradual process of building a public relations institution?

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 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

Like all writing decisions, the amount of signposting requires judgment and compromise: too much, and the reader bogs down in reading the signposts; too little, and she has no idea where she is being led.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

After the tourists put up 416, England were going well at 188-1 before, in their determination to attack, falling one after another into Australia's clearly signposted short-ball plan.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

“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 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

Wiltshire Police is urging residents to only call 999 in an emergency, and is signposting those who wish to report obstructions and debris on roads to local authorities or National Highways.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024

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


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