polar star
Example Sentences
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"But we have 20% as our polar star," he said, adding he aimed to book margin improvements every year, so ideally reaching the 20% target by 2029-2030 "if we do the right things".
From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023
"Instead of striving for the survival of his creature, he seems to have no other polar star than himself," Romano said.
From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2012
"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it," wrote Confucius 2,500 years ago.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2012
He thinks of the U.S. as a constant, a fixed polar star of unchanged and unchanging values, like duty, honor, country, God.
From Time Magazine Archive
Religion, in its pristine purity, was ever his polar star.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
