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polestar

noun

ˈpōl-ˌstär

Definition of polestar

as in compass

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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Recent Examples of polestar While his Late Night forerunner Letterman was probably the comedic polestar of Generation X—gruff, cynical, and biting the hand that fed—O’Brien became a bedrock influence for the next generation of Millennial comics. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025 The Brazilian restaurant has been lauded widely as a polestar of exciting food in the city. — Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022 And, of course, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn’s polestar for art and repertory programming. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022

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In the third volume of her Diaspora Quartet, Lee follows the Koh family from Australia to Korea to the United States as their paterfamilias John hews to his strong inner compass.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The challenge is not usually a lack of capability, but the absence of an integrated compass, alignment and feedback system.

— Kumar Rupesh, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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The technology was also tested against deceptive behaviour, an in a different scenario, fishing boats appeared to retreat while vessels from another direction accelerated toward the coastguard ship.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Despite years passing and their lives moving in different directions, the four come together and remember how beautiful and essential their friendship was and is.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026

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