touchstone
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Unsurprisingly John Chamberlain’s metal sculptures that captured the energy of Abstract Expressionism in three dimensions are a touchstone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
They’re also, according to Dominican American filmmaker Joel Alfonso Vargas, an underground cultural touchstone, one he became familiar with as a teenager.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The show became a touchstone for a generation of ’90s kids and catapulted its young stars into bona fide stardom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Moira was my touchstone as I struggled with the reality of an unusually transient life, having lived in 29 homes by the age of 46.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
The person who distrusts himself has no touchstone for reality—for this touchstone can be only oneself.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing touchstone
50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: "Trying to Inspire a New Generation" by Trip Gabriel
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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This Week in Words: June 4 - 8, 2018
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