beacon

In this new installment, Rainier represents a beacon of light for Gemma, a role that taught her a lot, Shaye says.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

"This beacon of science is more ambitious than ever, with exciting plans already under way that will ensure the UK's relevance and leadership in the rapidly evolving domain of space exploration and utilisation," it said.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

It acted like a molecular beacon, allowing scientists to detect and isolate BiP more easily during experiments.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

“Yale will be regarded either as a beacon and a fighter for academic freedom or as the weakling who succumbed and obeyed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent— all depending on who wields it and how.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

The other half chose to go dark when crossing, meaning their location beacons were off and their routes aren’t known.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Call them curmudgeonly roadblocks to progress, or the last beacons of sanity on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

For many years, astronomers have relied on distant supernovae as cosmic beacons to study the universe and test the laws of physics.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Very gradually, like one instrument after another being tentatively rehearsed, beacons of color began to pierce the sky.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles