[
US
/ˈɡaɪdˌpoʊst/
]
NOUN
- a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
- a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
How To Use guidepost In A Sentence
- I am sure, have joined with me in unshakeable faith that this crucial test will be met; that the searing lessons of this latest war and the promise of the United Nations Organization will be the cornerstones of a new edifice of enduring peace and the guideposts of a new era of human progress. Cordell Hull - Acceptance Speech
- And the sooner we can kind of get those guideposts from our present administration, the better we will be able to form our work.
- And to ask such questions, it must ask the further question: What is human nature, and what guideposts and constraints does it set for the kind of life we can choose?
- He says the data is a good guidepost only if they're considered alongside other economic indicators. U.S. Monthly Employment Report Not The Final Word On Jobs
- Yet it has not altered just-war theory or the rule of law - which in the absence of personal humility, or any doubts about right action, seem particularly useful guideposts.
- The court then concluded that the civil disgorgement remedy provides an appropriate "guidepost" for computing how much of the gain is attributable to the "deception" of insider trading. TheRacetotheBottom - Headline News
- But in Cincinnati, too, if you look, are the clearest possible guideposts for how to get race issues right.
- The purpose of the current paper is to lay some theoretical guideposts for further work and reflection.
- It was many years before I realized that activism must be rooted in the very simple principle of love: love of some kind of moral or spiritual guidepost (some call their guidepost "God"), love of self, love for each other, and, unquestionably, love for humankind. Kevin Powell: Barack One Year Later: Open Letter to Young America
- This case would be easy if the Court were willing to abandon the inconsistent guideposts it has adopted for addressing Establishment Clause challenges, and return to the original meaning of the Clause.