milepost

 [mahyl-pohst]  

mile·post

   [mahyl-pohst]
noun
1.
any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
2.
a notable point or significant event in the progress or development of something; milestone.
Origin:
1760–70, Americanism; mile + post1
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Milepost is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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milepost (ˈmaɪlˌpəʊst)
 
—n
1.  horse racing a marking post on a racecourse a mile before the finishing line
2.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) Also called (esp Brit): milestone a signpost that shows the distance in miles to or from a place

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