Thesaurus results for GUIDEPOST

guidepost

noun

Definition of guidepost

as in evidence

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Recent Examples of guidepost While hydration needs vary by person, a useful guidepost is to aim for at least half of your body weight in ounces per day. — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 13 May 2026 Once inside, power lines lead toward nearby roads, Krygier said, providing guideposts along the way back out. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 His philanthropy and land conservation efforts and protection of the American bison became guideposts during his retirement years. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 That any guidepost is reliable is an illusion. — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guidepost

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Noun

The case is nearly 30 years old, which has affected the kind of evidence presented in court.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
At the time, Duncan’s attorneys with a New Orleans nonprofit had filed a post-conviction appeal but did not have the resources to conduct a fuller investigation and uncover new evidence required to win.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of evidence

Noun

Just like a cat when someone has a laser pointer, a person can also partake in this fun little game to test their ability to track and move alongside a constant moving object.

— Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Instead, this team seems designed to be balanced and shoot a lot of 3-pointers.

— CJ Moore, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of pointer

Noun

Issues involving crew fatigue and performance, along with warning signal flaws, are surfacing as federal authorities continue to probe a fatal freight train crash in Elgin last fall.

— Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
The finding could help scientists distinguish genuine signs of dark matter from misleading signals.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of signal

Noun

Getting that apparently trivial behavior working involved Home Assistant, MQTT, custom software, and more Claude, Codex and ChatGPT tokens than one should reasonably associate with boiling pasta.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026
Bitcoin rose first and lifted the broader market, but Solana has outperformed many other altcoins, a catchall term for tokens other than Bitcoin.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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Japan has selected Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luminously cerebral French-language feature All of a Sudden as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest feature, All Of A Sudden, has been selected as Japan’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of feature

Noun

This suggests an inherent bias from the LLM's Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) training, where human input inadvertently promotes traits like curiosity.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Craig was extremely productive at Harvard and has NFL-caliber traits with his size, mobility and throw power.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of trait

Noun

Other alleged violations — which total 23 in all — range from not having any smoke or carbon monoxide detectors throughout the property to failing to maintain the building in a structurally safe and stable condition.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
With a light, silky texture, the brand’s body balm combines the hydrating properties of a body lotion with the anti-aging effects of a potent serum.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

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