milestone

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When Riley and his mum Rhona Paton board a plane to Norway at the weekend, it will be his 40th flight - an impressive milestone given he is just six years old.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead, it eventually only served as another eventual milestone of regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The next major milestone is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the "lunar sphere of influence," where the Moon's gravity will have stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth's.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The company, founded in 2022, hit a milestone in July when it produced its first 2-nanometer prototype chip using technology co-developed with IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Five years after my family moved to America, we had a major milestone: We were allowed to apply for United States citizenship.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana