lodestar
Example Sentences
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The theater Sheta ran in the camp, which he nurtured into an internationally known lodestar of Palestinian cultural resistance?
From Los Angeles Times
For the past three decades, most countries have acted with one lodestar in mind: economic growth.
From Washington Post
These words, now a lodestar of constitutional law, almost didn’t make it into Sullivan at all.
From Washington Post
In “Playground,” Nora is the narrative pivot, and because she’s most often positioned in the center of the frame, she is also the movie’s visual center point, its lodestar.
From New York Times
Stephen's, and by extension Joyce's, lodestar is William Shakespeare, who, of course, was English rather than Irish.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
