as in climax
a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs
the new drug was regarded as a milestone in the treatment of heart disease
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Recent Examples of milestone
CyberGuy previously reported on Zoox's first public-road robotaxi milestone back in 2023, when the company's autonomous vehicle carried passengers in Foster City, California.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Espinosa saw the Japan Mobility Show last October, where Nissan debuted new versions of the Elgrand, Leaf, Rogue and Z, as a milestone for his turnaround plan.
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Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
These milestones demonstrate that the past is colored and edited by the preoccupations of the present.
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George F. Will,
Washington Post,
3 July 2026
This milestone Fourth of July, the celebrations will go on without the man who, as a gobsmacked boy, never wanted the fireworks to end.
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Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Espinosa saw the Japan Mobility Show last October, where Nissan debuted new versions of the Elgrand, Leaf, Rogue and Z, as a milestone for his turnaround plan.
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Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
These milestones demonstrate that the past is colored and edited by the preoccupations of the present.
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George F. Will,
Washington Post,
3 July 2026
This milestone Fourth of July, the celebrations will go on without the man who, as a gobsmacked boy, never wanted the fireworks to end.
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Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milestone
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The short version is that after defeating the Kilrathi at the climax of Wing Commander 3, Mark Hamill’s Christopher Blair retires to a backwater world to live out a life in peace and obscurity.
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Each concert climaxes with Pinkerton’s sword fight against the Rat Reaperess, leading to the singer’s inevitable defeat.
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Molde’s appeal is not based on a single landmark, but on its position between fjord, coast, islands, and mountains.
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The Supreme Court has released a slew of opinions to mark the end of its current term, and one of them could prove to be a landmark case for personal protections.
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The company is also on track to meet its 2030 goal of returning more water to local watersheds than its data centers consume.
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The science that happens outside the wet lab, in the field, the watershed and the population, is the next frontier for a tool like this.
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Hernandez, 29, a contractor based in Franklin, about 20 miles south of Nashville, undertook the $380 project with furniture from HomeGoods after seeing his pet spend most of her life tucked away in a little corner.
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Finding this underground hangout might be tricky, but look for the side door on the building at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Reed Street.
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“Milestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milestone. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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