touchstone
Example Sentences
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But over the next half-century, her emotionally wrenching performances would turn her into an Oscar winner, while her idiosyncratic personal style made her a touchstone to generations of American women.
Isaac: We spoke about those things at that first meeting, so that was actually like the touchstone of the whole thing.
From Los Angeles Times
Kohl’s Cash is fast becoming part of popular culture, much the way Bed Bath & Beyond’s “Big Blue” oversize 20% off coupons were a touchstone before the retailer filed for bankruptcy.
The German electronic band would become one of his musical touchstones forever more.
From Los Angeles Times
Born as an opera aria, it became a popular song, a jazz standard, and finally a cultural touchstone.
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