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
Once a cultural lodestar, Ye now occupies a far more polarizing place: embraced by a loyal fringe, shunned by former collaborators and largely exiled from mainstream music and fashion.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
From the time of America’s birth, that principle, while far from perfectly executed, has been our lodestar.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2024
There is a word in the Nguni languages of Southern Africa that was, I think, George's lodestar.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023
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.
