North Star
noun
: the star of the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points
called also polestar
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North Star Public Charter School in Eagle 8.
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Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2025
Stammen hails from the central Ohio village of North Star.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Douglass’s former North Star co-editor, Martin Delany, who had been admitted to Harvard Medical School but was forced out after white students complained, responded to Dred Scott — and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 — by writing a novel whose hero escapes bondage and plots an overthrow of slavery.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
That to me felt like a North Star way to articulate a desperation to get somewhere.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2025
Stammen hails from the central Ohio village of North Star.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Douglass’s former North Star co-editor, Martin Delany, who had been admitted to Harvard Medical School but was forced out after white students complained, responded to Dred Scott — and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 — by writing a novel whose hero escapes bondage and plots an overthrow of slavery.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
That to me felt like a North Star way to articulate a desperation to get somewhere.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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“North Star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/North%20Star. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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