signpost
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On the side of a dirt road near Felix's farm, a large signpost warned ominously: "Foot-and-mouth disease control area".
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
The council's strategic and resources committee on Friday decided it should "suspend posting on its account and signpost followers towards the council's other social media channels".
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
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
A sector rotation can be a good way for investors to find clues to where the market is headed—but it’s a signpost that often goes unnoticed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
He was reading a wooden signpost that was sticking out of the brambles on the left-hand side of the road.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
As we string groups of words together in our heads, resting and resuming, we take in almost unconsciously the little signposts of punctuation that give shape and rhythm to what we’re reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
As the Spurs dethroned the defending champions on their home floor, the 22-year-old Wembanyama didn’t just match the early-career signposts of the greatest players in NBA history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
At least three signposts matter in determining what happens next.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
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
‘It looks funny, people walking around like signposts, or billboard adverts.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
However, they will still see content posted by creators paid or sponsored to advertise particular products or services - often signposted with "#ad".
From BBC ● May 11, 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
It signposted its recent five-year plan, which has been approved by the government.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 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
Support for businesses and outreach spaces signposting people to support for building skills and finding jobs will also be available at the site.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
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
This paragraph introduces one of its primary manifestations, the phenomenon of signposting.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
