variants
also loadstones
as in magnets
something that attracts interest
the young woman's wealth unfortunately made her a lodestone for fortune hunters
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Noun
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Earlier this month, China added five rare-earth elements – holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, ytterbium, and related magnets and materials – to its existing control list, requiring export licenses.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025 -
Patients are placed inside a tube and surrounded by the machine containing the magnets.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Power outages have frequently been the cause of riders becoming stranded on amusement park attractions in the past.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Walt would come to Disneyland on Saturday mornings to walk the park with Fowler and other managers to inspect operations and float ideas for new attractions and expansion plans.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Lodestones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestones. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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