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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
For years, the no-budget film with improvised dialogue was a lodestar for aspiring filmmakers with indie dreams.
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Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
All research seems to indicate that this back-to-back joke from 1985 was the lodestar for the meme of a socially inept teen feigning virile worldliness with a gal in America's northern neighbor country.
—Jordan Hoffman Updated, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The record, which includes renditions of all the songs on the emo lodestars’ debut, was originally made available on Bandcamp earlier this year, with proceeds going to benefit victims of the California wildfires.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 2 July 2025
Normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia thus became the lodestar of Biden’s Middle East policy.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
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Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
All research seems to indicate that this back-to-back joke from 1985 was the lodestar for the meme of a socially inept teen feigning virile worldliness with a gal in America's northern neighbor country.
—Jordan Hoffman Updated, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The record, which includes renditions of all the songs on the emo lodestars’ debut, was originally made available on Bandcamp earlier this year, with proceeds going to benefit victims of the California wildfires.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 2 July 2025
Normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia thus became the lodestar of Biden’s Middle East policy.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodestar
Noun
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Years later the compass was created to help direct philanthropists, investors, officials and nonprofits to determine the most effective way to improve access and opportunity.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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Then, in the thirteenth century, refinements to an ancient technology, the compass, led to its widespread adoption by sailors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At a moment of increasing niche-ification of the news media business, Axel Springer is running in the opposite direction.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Automation can go in either of these directions; that’s why the task of the left is to create social and cultural conditions in which the benign and constructive aspects of technology and automation are primary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Lodestar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestar. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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