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
The domestic Duchess of Sussex took to social media Wednesday to mark the milestone as her first line of products was released to fans.
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Instead, Thibodeau credited the people around him — his players, his staff, and the organization — for making the milestone possible.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
The milestone represents an extraordinary achievement for the platform, which emerged from the $8.5 billion merger of India’s Reliance Industries and Disney‘s Indian media assets.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Beyoncé's vision eventually came to fruition, and the relationship milestone was filled with personal touches, including her wedding dress.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Instead, Thibodeau credited the people around him — his players, his staff, and the organization — for making the milestone possible.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
The milestone represents an extraordinary achievement for the platform, which emerged from the $8.5 billion merger of India’s Reliance Industries and Disney‘s Indian media assets.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Beyoncé's vision eventually came to fruition, and the relationship milestone was filled with personal touches, including her wedding dress.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milestone
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Fans believed from Episode One that at least one character would die in a shooting, and, as in Seasons One and Two, each episode slowly (this time, much more slowly) built to the anticipated climax, leaving breadcrumbs both real and sometimes intentionally misleading.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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In Sunday’s stressful Season 3 finale, all the storylines came to a tragic climax, with Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), Rick (Walton Goggins) and Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn), who was revealed to be Rick’s real father, all dying in a shootout at the resort.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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To mark the launch, an exclusive event was held at Mercedes-Benz of Manhattan, a landmark in the automotive industry for over 70 years.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
8 Apr. 2025
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The group took over the One Wall Street building and restored the Red Room, a Art Deco architectural landmark with an original Hildreth Meière mosaic covering the walls and ceiling.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2025
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But the same freshwater is also essential for Panama’s many other needs, including drinking water for about 2 million Panamanians, use by Indigenous people and farmers in the watershed, as well as hydropower.—
Karina Garcia,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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The large encampment-clearing is funded by the city’s Measure DD, a bond initiative approved by voters in 2002 to improve parks, protect wildlife habitat and improve water quality in the city’s numerous watersheds.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The goal — his 41st of the season and record-setting 136th game-winner to break a tie with Jaromir Jagr — caused teammates to spill off the bench and mob Ovechkin in the corner of the rink.—
Stephen Whyno,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Apr. 2025
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These 17 new restaurants opened across 12 Sacramento-area cities in March 2025, adding new places to eat in nearly every corner of the region.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Milestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milestone. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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