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Recent Examples of lodestar The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety. Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024 In California, where many of the wealthiest might be under 40, there’s a similar need for a butler to act as much as lodestar as staff member. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024 The American flag, the lodestar of the Republican look since Nixon, took over. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024 The Manner — New York City Where it’s located: Standard International has been a lodestar of the lifestyle hotel movement since opening its first property in West Hollywood in 1999. Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lodestar
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Noun
  • Geography can also give you a nudge in the right direction.
    Emily Price, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Cooperman expressed both support and misgivings about the direction President Donald Trump has taken while pursuing tariffs against U.S. trading partners.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Without a compass to explore a piece so strange as this one, most people seemed content to capture it all on their phones.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • This means a traditional compass will not work there.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Airdate: Thursday, March 13 (Peacock) Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson, John Doman Showrunner: Nikki Toscano One of the shows starts extremely well, with its focus on that central relationship, but struggles in its second half.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The sketch comes as the sitting president continues to befuddle many Americans with his focus on tariffs and his platforming of Musk’s push to cut federal workers while stock prices continue to plunge.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Lodestar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodestar. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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