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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

To mark the 14th anniversary of his death, Everton have installed a 'talking bench' on the fan plaza as a way to "encourage conversation, tackle loneliness and isolation, and signpost people to mental health support".

From BBC Nov. 28, 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

For investors, the key signpost is whether Trump and Xi meet later this month at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Seoul.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

The men reached the house and realized it belonged to Joaquim Antonio—the man whose initials Rondon had found carved on a signpost.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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

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

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

With the corporate earnings season drawing to a close and no major economic data releases currently expected in the run-up to the Fed’s meeting, the next market signposts remain unclear.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

‘It looks funny, people walking around like signposts, or billboard adverts.’

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

“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

It is now better signposted too, with the letters "aw" inscribed on each way-marker as a nod to the man who thought of it first.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

My family were signposted to a charity called the Jennifer Trust, now known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK, which helped support me.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

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

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

This is where we enter a dictionary full of names for the signposting Labour has sought to do in recent years, in opposition and in government, about where it is heading.

From BBC Dec. 5, 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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