milestones

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Share performance has been driven largely by hype and speculation ahead of the achievement of major technological milestones expected by the end of the decade.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Some songs embed themselves so deeply in our lives that they become part of our emotional fabric, pieces of inextricable connective tissue that lift us up or mark milestones through a lyric or a melody.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Tech leaders have famously grappled with a sort of arrested development—acquiring power and fortunes at a young age at the cost of typical life milestones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Dorothy said she noticed that during the Covid-19 lockdown, her daughter Sienna, who is now six years old, "wasn't hitting the milestones".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Finally, he turned his attention to Weaver’s irksome list of missed milestones.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik