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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
Mamdani's City Hall would become a lodestar for the global Left.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Treating Every Objective Like A Campaign As any former political campaign employee can attest, campaign strategies are the preeminent lodestar for virtually all communications plans.
—Andrew Frank, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
For years, the no-budget film with improvised dialogue was a lodestar for aspiring filmmakers with indie dreams.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lodestar
MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Treating Every Objective Like A Campaign As any former political campaign employee can attest, campaign strategies are the preeminent lodestar for virtually all communications plans.
—Andrew Frank, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
For years, the no-budget film with improvised dialogue was a lodestar for aspiring filmmakers with indie dreams.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lodestar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodestar
Noun
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The narrow compass of his interiority summons a narrow prose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Simon Beck works alone, using a compass and a pair of snowshoes to create intricate patterns as large as three soccer fields.—
Maggie Penman,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For once, things appear to be moving in the right direction in the injury department.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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The poll shows that 47% of Marylanders believe the state is headed in the right direction, but 44% say the state is headed in the wrong direction.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Lodestar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestar. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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