North Star
Example Sentences
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"Care must build and not break the relationships that young people need, and this must be the new North Star," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Chinatown has always been a North Star in Jessica Wang’s life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
You may feel like the black sheep of your family, but you can be the North Star of your own life, and your son’s life, and your friends’ lives.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
After all, this is a company that holds itself out as the North Star of our incipient “space-faring civilization,” as Elon Musk puts it in SpaceX’s prospectus.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Second, the Greeks knew from their travels that the North Star appeared lower in the sky when viewed in the south than it did in more northerly regions.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
