as in directions
a guiding or motivating purpose or principle
under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities
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The robot is expected to help visitors navigate the airport more easily by providing directions, terminal updates, and travel information in multiple languages.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Both players looked their parts in position drills, moving in spacing and changing directions.—
Mike Kaye
March 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Likewise, this administration has demonstrated a talent for sudden pivots — foreign policy statements that change overnight, budget proposals that evaporate by morning, and messaging that suggests the communications team may be using different maps, compasses and time zones.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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In ordinary magnetic materials, unpaired electrons behave like tiny compasses and eventually align with one another.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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The litigation is now complicating the rollout of a Bureau of Prisons policy revision, issued in February, that would end all complimentary in-prison access to hormonal drugs and cosmetic surgeries for gender-affirmation purposes.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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For Intelligence, the new focuses are real-time device telemetry, with Intel Device IQ (more about that below) able to detect issues and trigger local AI for remediation.—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of the main focuses of competition the team’s spring training could have essentially been a moot point.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Over succeeding decades, both Sellars and Salonen have been Salzburg Festival lodestars.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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But in swapping out just four tracks, FKA twigs finally brought planet EUSEXUA into the orbit of her late-’90s pop lodestars.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Polestars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polestars. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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