lodestar
Example Sentences
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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
From that moment on, the sunken warship became Mr. Dooley’s lodestar, even as he “became ever more cynical” about the Cuban revolution.
The theater Sheta ran in the camp, which he nurtured into an internationally known lodestar of Palestinian cultural resistance?
From Los Angeles Times
Once a cultural lodestar, Ye now occupies a far more polarizing place: embraced by a loyal fringe, shunned by former collaborators and largely exiled from mainstream music and fashion.
From Los Angeles Times
Both books were critically acclaimed bestsellers, and established Gay as a literary lodestar.
From Los Angeles Times
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