beacon

Example Sentences

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If a memo about a software update uses words like delve, tapestry, beacon or myriad, a machine wrote it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In what has largely been a trying World Cup for Pakistan, Farhan has stood as a beacon of hope at the top of the order.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

"In a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon on light to everyone around him," they said.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Southern spread with pimento cheese glowing like a beacon?

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin