guiding light
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These include ultrathin broadband polarizers that control the direction of light in compact optical systems, as well as sub-diffractional waveguides capable of guiding light through spaces smaller than those allowed by conventional optics.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Textualism is the guiding light of the conservative college debate nerd after law school.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
His intense feelings are his reality and, as long as he continues to fail to control them, they will be his guiding light.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
At the age of 22, she wrote in her diary: "I will write to avenge my people," a sentence that has been her guiding light.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Entering the gate and passing the shrubs, the silhouette of a house rose to view, black, low, and rather long; but the guiding light shone nowhere.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
