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north star en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, figuratively) Alternative letter-case form of North Star (“guiding light”).
   alt of North Star
   • “The 1.5C target must be our north star,” [Ilana] Seid said. “We need to say that collectively we are falling short on that, and we need to have a response.” 2025 November 10, Fiona Harvey, quoting Ilana Seid, “Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Purpose is a company's north star, the 'why' a company does what it does, not the what or the how. 2019, Nina Montgomery, Perspectives on Purpose:
   • "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." 2021, Akshaya Kosuri, MK Pavani, Two Worlds Apart, page 129:
   • But it is he, and his vision for Norway, that is my north star. 2018, Linnea Hartsuyker, The Sea Queen:

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