Definitions
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- n. Plural form of goalpost.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And when you run with the goalposts from the English alphabet to:
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And no amount of sink-throwing, whining, or trying to move the goalposts is going to change that.
Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems
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I did no such thing, I reiterated that the goalposts were always set on dispensaries operating in strict compliance with the law, not on those using the law as a figleaf.
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Moving the goalposts is a time-honored trick for shoring up existing power and privilege.
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Moving the goalposts is a huge danger along with special interests capturing thoseposts.
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THE company behind the Leale's Yard redevelopment has expressed disappointment that the 'goalposts' might be moved on the potential size of the retail park 'this late in the day'.
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Saltman suggested one problem was that the 'goalposts' had been moved since the stadium was built, with the pitch construction suitable for a facility hosting fewer events than is now the case.
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Their role is to maintain liquidity by offering to buy or sell ETF units when nobody else will, and also to set the "goalposts" for the bid and ask prices.
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To counteract this they've moved the goalposts, meaning that ranks require more points.
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Although Mexicans are not big readers, preferring drama-packed TV soap operas, the country has an 86 percent literacy rate and the average Mexican completes 13 years in school -- well within the kind of goalposts favored by the United Nations as a way for developing countries to progress.
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