North Star
noun
: the star of the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points
called also polestar
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Time and again, Minnesota has stepped forward when the country needed a North Star, a leader in interstate collaboration, in health care, in labor rights, in education, in refugee resettlement, and in the long, unfinished work of racial justice.
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Marilyn Carlson Nelson, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
And the Lancôme counter was her North Star.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Hofius was the executive director of North Star Child Development Center, a Couer d’Alene nonprofit that provides developmental disability services to people covered by Medicaid.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
It was conducted jointly by the Democratic firm Global Strategy Group and the Republican firm North Star Opinion Research.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
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Marilyn Carlson Nelson, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
And the Lancôme counter was her North Star.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Hofius was the executive director of North Star Child Development Center, a Couer d’Alene nonprofit that provides developmental disability services to people covered by Medicaid.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
It was conducted jointly by the Democratic firm Global Strategy Group and the Republican firm North Star Opinion Research.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
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“North Star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/North%20Star. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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