Sentence examples for a milepost from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a milepost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a significant point or marker in a journey, often metaphorically indicating progress or milestones in various contexts.
Example: "Reaching the halfway point of the project was a milepost in our timeline, marking our progress and motivating the team to push forward."
Alternatives: "a milestone" or "a benchmark".

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"That was a milepost of consciousness.

A winning record is just a milepost along the way.

The verdicts were a milepost in a case whose savagery stunned many Indians.

The scene was intended as a milepost in Walt's moral decay.

To Tom Donnelly, Mr. Principi's decision was "a milepost on a long and painful journey".

Juan Agudelo's rapid rise from academy player to starter in Major League Soccer's playoffs to United States international reached a milepost in Cape Town on Wednesday.

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Exits are numbered sequentially (unlike other interstates in Maryland which use a milepost-based system), and in a clockwise (inner loop) direction, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.

"It would be a tragedy if the world championship is won by a car driven by somebody who's slow as a roadside milepost, or a retired crock," said Renault's flamboyant team principal, disparaging the talents of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello recently.

Still, Consumer Reports is calling it an "automotive milepost" and a "powerful statement of American startup ingenuity".

Fed up, Ms. McKenna, an insurance adjuster, decided to move to New London, a city that for years had merely served as a useful milepost.

In a month dominated by news reports of racial tension, a significant milepost in American race relations garnered less attention: For the first time in this country's history, white students will this year no longer comprise a majority of the nation's schoolchildren.

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