touchstone
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“They make me feel less alone,” says Grace, and she and Susanna can both quote from Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” a cherished touchstone of every sensitive adolescent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The film, which also featured Brad Pitt in his first major film role, was a critical and popular success while also becoming a feminist touchstone.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The film is a generational touchstone, from the importance of relationships, self-sacrifice and doing what is right, to the consequences of concentrated wealth and greed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Here, too, Beethoven serves as a musical, spiritual and political touchstone.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
“I’m not a good touchstone to use for judging your sanity.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing touchstone
50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: "Trying to Inspire a New Generation" by Trip Gabriel
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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This Week in Words: June 4 - 8, 2018
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