touchstone

Example Sentences

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Film and flight are still touchstones of adventure and possibility, after all.

From Los Angeles Times

The end of Netflix’s oddball-to-blockbuster series marks the end of an era, and surely the last generational touchstone to come out of series television.

From Los Angeles Times

The stars’ portrayal of a loving father-daughter relationship is one of the show’s major touchstones.

From Salon

The Associated Press Stylebook, the touchstone for most American newspapers, generally does not approve of the Oxford comma.

From Seattle Times

The cinematic touchstones are just as obvious elsewhere in the program, which isn’t necessarily a negative.

From New York Times