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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
Over succeeding decades, both Sellars and Salonen have been Salzburg Festival lodestars.
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
The event, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, is a lodestar of the region’s burgeoning arts scene.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
19 Mar. 2026
Pop The rapper turned pop star Lizzo felt like a lodestar of the twenty-tens Zeitgeist.
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Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Tyler notched another accomplishment as one of the select few guests to appear on Clipse’s comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, produced by his longtime musical lodestar, Pharrell Williams.
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Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
19 Jan. 2026
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
The event, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, is a lodestar of the region’s burgeoning arts scene.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
19 Mar. 2026
Pop The rapper turned pop star Lizzo felt like a lodestar of the twenty-tens Zeitgeist.
—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Tyler notched another accomplishment as one of the select few guests to appear on Clipse’s comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, produced by his longtime musical lodestar, Pharrell Williams.
—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodestar
Noun
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Atop the Go board there lies a compass whose dials swing chaotically.
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The Ti-Trailblazer takes a unique approach by making a compass its main feature and building 10 additional tools around it.
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Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 3rd House of Communication, making texts, directions, calls, errands, and local plans easier to misread.
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The election results have reignited an ideological battle over the party’s direction.
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“Lodestar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestar. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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