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
"Its methods, its tactics, its maneuvers may change, but the polar star of its policy -- world domination -- is a fixed star."
From Time Magazine Archive
He speaks there of a needle carried on board ship which, being placed on a pivot, and allowed to take its own position of repose, shows mariners their course when the polar star is hidden.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
