Sentence examples for milestone people from inspiring English sources

As they gathered to mark the milestone, people like Mr. Bailey were ambling about, looking for a taste of what they had lost.

In the year 2043, the United States will hit a milestone: People of color will surpass the white majority for the first time according to the Census Bureau.

This year's milestone for people with new qualifications has been met.

PITTSBURGH — This city has passed a grim demographic milestone: More people are dying here than are being born.

The case was considered an important legal milestone for people who need social care to stay at home, as cash-strapped local authorities reduce services and change their care packages.

With only about a 50-50 chance of a first marriage lasting — and the odds worse for second and third marriages, in case you were under the illusion that love is lovelier the second or third time around — there seems to be a societal desire to commemorate, and even celebrate, what has become an increasingly common milestone in people's lives.

Reading The Lover becomes an after-the-fact milestone for people, particularly for women.

First, Barack Obama's victory stands not only as a liberating milestone for people of color.

This milestone gives people like me--fascinated by the technologizing of languages, wondering if true translation is possible, or if the whole world won't just wind up speaking English and call it a day--some points to ponder.

But as well as the big moments in history, the records also mark milestones in people's personal lives; the archive includes birth and wedding announcements and obituaries.

The cultural premium now placed on recording and broadcasting one's life and accomplishments means that Facebook timelines are suffused with postings about meals, workouts, the weather, recent purchases, funny advertisements, the milestones of people three degrees removed from you.