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

Whichever unnamed firm approached Arcadia, it took a particular interest in the wordier History Press, indicating that generative text remains the lodestar.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025

Beauford Delaney, a respected painter and Village fixture, becomes Baldwin’s lodestar and encourages him to confront his sexuality head-on in his art.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

The move he’s making with the new special is away from a lodestar: simplicity.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

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