north star

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north star (plural north stars)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of North Star (guiding light)
    • 2018, Linnea Hartsuyker, The Sea Queen:
      But it is he, and his vision for Norway, that is my north star.
    • 2019, Nina Montgomery, Perspectives on Purpose:
      Purpose is a company's north star, the 'why' a company does what it does, not the what or the how.
    • 2021, Akshaya Kosuri, MK Pavani, Two Worlds Apart, page 129:
      "You are your own north star. But you are a north star to someone else as well." —"Really?" "Yes. You are my north star, too."