North Star
Example Sentences
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White’s vision intended for his music to reach a universal audience, evolve consciousness and change the world, using positivity as his North Star.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Personhood has become the movement’s new North Star.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
The principle that chips roughly double in power every two years has been the industry’s North Star since the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
After all, this is a company that holds itself out as the North Star of our incipient “space-faring civilization,” as Elon Musk puts it in SpaceX’s prospectus.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Mother helped Nat find the North Star, and told him how the Big Dipper swung around it, and how to tell time by the Dipper.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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