touchstone
Example Sentences
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Film and flight are still touchstones of adventure and possibility, after all.
From Los Angeles Times
The end of Netflix’s oddball-to-blockbuster series marks the end of an era, and surely the last generational touchstone to come out of series television.
From Los Angeles Times
The stars’ portrayal of a loving father-daughter relationship is one of the show’s major touchstones.
From Salon
Cowley worked his magic again in launching Jack Kerouac’s career, spending years talking up and excerpting “On the Road” in magazines before publishing the 1957 Beat touchstone with Viking to immediate acclaim.
He is not only a worthy successor to the legend of Tommy Lasorda, he has won more than Lasorda while serving as the perfect face for the organization and a calming touchstone for its players.
From Los Angeles Times
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