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also loadstar
as in compass
a guiding or motivating purpose or principle
a society seemingly with unbridled greed as its only lodestar
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Recent Examples of lodestar
The event, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, is a lodestar of the region’s burgeoning arts scene.
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News Desk, Artforum, 19 Mar. 2026
Pop The rapper turned pop star Lizzo felt like a lodestar of the twenty-tens Zeitgeist.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Tyler notched another accomplishment as one of the select few guests to appear on Clipse’s comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, produced by his longtime musical lodestar, Pharrell Williams.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2026
President Harry Truman quickly made the memo the lodestar of American Cold War strategy.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 19 Mar. 2026
Pop The rapper turned pop star Lizzo felt like a lodestar of the twenty-tens Zeitgeist.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Tyler notched another accomplishment as one of the select few guests to appear on Clipse’s comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, produced by his longtime musical lodestar, Pharrell Williams.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2026
President Harry Truman quickly made the memo the lodestar of American Cold War strategy.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodestar
Noun
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Use a geometry compass or a round object, like a dinner plate, to draw a smooth arch connecting these two lines.—
Ella Field,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 June 2026
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Having trekked the territory with his trusty surveyor’s compass, and in the absence of anyone else rash enough to do it, Washington volunteers to deliver an ultimatum to the encroaching French forces.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Golf Road between Plum Grove and Commons Drive is closed in both directions as of Saturday afternoon.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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That’s why the unveiling of a M Concept car that defines the direction of the next generation of BMW’s performance division is big news in the car world.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 June 2026
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“Lodestar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestar. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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