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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
But in swapping out just four tracks, FKA twigs finally brought planet EUSEXUA into the orbit of her late-’90s pop lodestars.
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Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025
Despite their three-year age difference, Derek Hough and Julianne Hough have become the twin lodestars of Dancing With the Stars.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Mamdani's City Hall would become a lodestar for the global Left.
—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
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Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025
Despite their three-year age difference, Derek Hough and Julianne Hough have become the twin lodestars of Dancing With the Stars.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Mamdani's City Hall would become a lodestar for the global Left.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodestar
Noun
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That belief is my compass through uncertainty.—
W. Jeff Williams,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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As a nod to its visual inspiration, there’s even a floating compass at the top of the dash.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Will this be the fashion direction of his Together, Together Tour later this year?—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
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Egypt has said the crossing must function in both directions and has pushed back against any use of Rafah as a mechanism to permanently displace Palestinians from Gaza.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Lodestar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestar. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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