as in climaxes
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 milestones
The real reason people are postponing becoming parents or having another child stems from the fact that, compared to earlier generations, fewer of today's young adults have hit the major milestones of adulthood, like finishing school, living on their own, and finding stable jobs.
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The blended family often gets together to celebrate their children’s milestones.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Companies emerging from the lab are often too far along for R&D grants but not far enough to meet the milestones venture capitalists expect.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Use Dashboards And Recognition To Sustain Energy Something that has worked well in terms of helping our team stay focused during audit season is breaking the process into clear audit milestones linked to specific deliverables.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The package’s operational milestones over the next decade — delivering 20 million cars, achieving true self-driving capability for 10 million users, and deploying 1 million robotaxis — create guardrails against quick-fix theatrics.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Flight 10 went well; Starship notched all of its main mission milestones, including its first-ever payload deployment in space (eight dummy versions of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The deal took place in September 2024, but by March 2025, allegedly no progress had been logged in the online platform used to track construction milestones, court documents read.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
From there, LeCroy has shared major milestones on Amazon Live, including a gender reveal and the moments after her water broke.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
Karen Benjamin Guzzo, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The blended family often gets together to celebrate their children’s milestones.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Companies emerging from the lab are often too far along for R&D grants but not far enough to meet the milestones venture capitalists expect.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Use Dashboards And Recognition To Sustain Energy Something that has worked well in terms of helping our team stay focused during audit season is breaking the process into clear audit milestones linked to specific deliverables.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The package’s operational milestones over the next decade — delivering 20 million cars, achieving true self-driving capability for 10 million users, and deploying 1 million robotaxis — create guardrails against quick-fix theatrics.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Flight 10 went well; Starship notched all of its main mission milestones, including its first-ever payload deployment in space (eight dummy versions of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The deal took place in September 2024, but by March 2025, allegedly no progress had been logged in the online platform used to track construction milestones, court documents read.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
From there, LeCroy has shared major milestones on Amazon Live, including a gender reveal and the moments after her water broke.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milestones
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Joaquin Temes As Argentina's midterm electoral campaign reaches its second and third climaxes, the number of scandalous corruption accusations aimed at the highest echelons of national politics is surging.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There’s a reason the picture has that title, in other words, and that idea finds a more direct correlation in the finale, which gives us one of the more grotesquely funny climaxes in recent horror.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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Sightseeing boats depart regularly from Nyhavn and Gammel Strand, gliding past landmarks such as the Opera House, Christiansborg Palace and the Little Mermaid.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte landmarks including Coyote Joe’s, Dilworth Tasting Room, The Park Church and Lake Norman all doubled as the fictional Maple Brook, Texas, giving Charlotte residents a front-row seat on screen, CharlotteFive reported.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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Not abstract, delayed or generalized data, but precise, real-time and location-specific insights delivered from the world’s most remote forests, deepest watersheds and most polluted urban corridors.—
Michael De Nil,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Proactive fuel mitigation measures near watersheds are a vital step toward protecting water quality as California wildfires grow in intensity and frequency, experts warn.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The sharp, but flexible point allows for drawing fluid, sweeping lines, but also honing in on the tiniest details, like tracing the very inner corners of your lash lines or shaping the upward flick of a cat eye.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her ability to see around corners and pivot when necessary kept her ahead of the competition.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Milestones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milestones. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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