lodestar
Example Sentences
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From that moment on, the sunken warship became Mr. Dooley’s lodestar, even as he “became ever more cynical” about the Cuban revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Washington’s Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Maine’s Jared Golden, and California’s Adam Gray all took the stage opposite Matt Yglesias, the blogger and intellectual lodestar of this event.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2025
“In these cases, we want to make sure that their lodestar are student and faculty rights, rather than who is exerting the most pressure.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
The move he’s making with the new special is away from a lodestar: simplicity.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
To the unabashedly chauvinistic Time, the youthful Professor Lawrence’s career symbolized the emergence of American science as the lodestar of international research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
