touchstone

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Since its release in April of last year, the film has been a cultural touchstone and point of extended conversation on its way to some $370 million in worldwide box office.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Founded by storyteller Anant Pai after he noticed children on a quiz show knew more about Greek gods than their own mythological heroes, ACK quickly became a cultural touchstone.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Metaphorically, the answer must be yes, because any fragment can be used as a touchstone for meditation and memory making, whether in a cathedral or Neolithic stone circle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

After a more than three-year absence, it’s the beginning of the end for Netflix’s hit series, which has endeared gaggle of misfit kids to us and become a cultural touchstone.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Its Olympian tone made it a perennial touchstone at those political occasions requiring platitudinous wisdom.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis