compass
Example Sentences
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“The only question after the assassination and its immediate celebration is: What the heck is going on with America’s moral compass?” said Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
Hatchlings come equipped with a magnetic compass that helps them maintain direction, and a magnetic map that provides location information essential for successful navigation.
From Science Daily
The flight carried an instrument that shines lasers at atoms, which behave like compass needles to measure Earth’s magnetic field in real time.
This playoff turns on two questions within the compass of the U.S.
From Barron's
Last year, scientists at Imperial College, London trialled an alternative to GPS satellite navigation, dubbed a "quantum compass", on the city's underground Tube network.
From BBC
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