lodestar
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Think “Back to the Future” and think about it a lot, since from here on out, that 1985 classic becomes this movie’s lodestar of structural, comedic and musical reference.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
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
There is a word in the Nguni languages of Southern Africa that was, I think, George's lodestar.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023
In part because it was framed as such, Ely’s work became a liberal lodestar.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 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
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