cynosure
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He focused on technologies that were then — and still are — the cynosures of public discussion, including self-driving cars, human space travel, AI bots and humanoid robots.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
It’s also possible that the meme stocks will again become the cynosures of online promoters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2022
But the cynosures were Michigan's Governor George Romney and California's Governor Ronald Reagan, who were scheduled to speak for three minutes each.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Palm Springs, Calif., a husband-and-wife televangelist team, once the adored cynosures of 500,000 faithful, are beginning another day of seclusion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everybody laughed, and everybody, even the cynosures from New College and University, began to drink Lonsdale's health without heel-taps.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
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