signpost
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The next signpost will be the meeting in China in late March.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 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
Michael O’Leary was holding court in a small conference room in front of a giant image of him conking Elon Musk over the head with an “I heart Ryanair” signpost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
This surely gives a signpost to the way forward.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
A signpost that I was on the right road.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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“The Madman’s Guide” has no chapter headings but many signposts such as “to digress further” and “at last to return to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
For now, it’s difficult to say where prices for gold and silver may go from here, Marex’s Meir said, given that there are “no resistance signposts on the charts.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
At least three signposts matter in determining what happens next.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
There were no roads I could see, or signposts, or even footpaths.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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“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
In areas like Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire, parents are instead given advice in their child's early development checks, or are signposted towards free NHS tests at their local optician.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
The council has since emailed her, but she said they had not signposted agencies that could help, adding she felt trapped and frustrated.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
What I haven’t recognized till now is that the answers are signposted.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Like Guedez, many residents pushed on with their desperate search despite the signposting.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
"There are resources for signposting and referrals, it's such a community... for some of the service users, this might be the only time they communicate with people, or have a conversation."
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
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
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