milestone
noun
a stone functioning as a milepost.
milestones
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pluralof milestone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So my message to your letter writer is to be careful about turning a lesson in spending too much into a judgment of people who haven’t hit the same milestones.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
But she warned that school readiness could become a source of anxiety for families and said it was important to recognise that children reached milestones at different speeds.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
"We had several milestones we had to pass, and at each point, this project could have failed."
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Musk must sell more vehicles as part of a $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla shareholders in November, which requires him to hit a series of financial and operational milestones over the next decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Assuming that the panda cub successfully meets the milestones of training, and that he remains healthy, he will be fitted with a radio collar for monitoring and moved to stage three—release into the wild habitat.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
