cynosure

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While Jolyon is a central character in “The Forsytes,” Soames’ inner conflict is Galsworthy’s cynosure: He’s a man who prizes acquisition and possession to the extent that he cannot love.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

From these beginnings, the Voice grew into a cynosure of the counterculture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

The cynosure of Cypress Avenue considers Bee's Famous Barbershop to be part confessional, part comedy lounge.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2020

Ginsburg, by contrast, is the Notorious R.B.G., the cynosure of an ardent fandom and the subject, recently, of both an Oscar-nominated documentary and a gauzy feature film about her early career, starring Felicity Jones.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 11, 2019

To say that the three, Mark, Chauncey and "B'gee," were the cynosure of all eyes would not begin to express the situation.

From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Sinclair, Upton