lodestar
Example Sentences
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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
As we have seen in the 2000 film “Almost Famous,” Crowe’s autobiographical account of his early years, young Cameron cared little about sex or drugs, music being his only lodestar.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
From the time of America’s birth, that principle, while far from perfectly executed, has been our lodestar.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2024
The move he’s making with the new special is away from a lodestar: simplicity.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
