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signposts

  • plural
    of signpost.
    signpost
    noun
    a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • present tense form
    of signpost (3rd person singular).
    signpost
    noun
    a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.

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“There’ll be a number of signposts that we’ll be watching,” Wirth said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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

Over the past year, three books were signposts along my journey from anxiety to stubborn optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

There were no roads I could see, or signposts, or even footpaths.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs