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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestarnoun

    the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it

Wiktionary

  1. North Starnoun

    A star positioned circumpolar to the North Pole.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of north star in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of north star in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of north star in a Sentence

  1. Jack Liu:

    For many tutoring companies, a teacher’s ROI (return on investment) is the north star metric... In the future, industry players must fully understand government policies, and unify the interest of individuals, companies, and the country.

  2. Tom Perez:

    For me, the north star is not can we match them dollar for dollar, it is can we raise the money we need to execute our game plane.

  3. Jack Liu:

    The old era has ended, and a new epoch has begun, for many tutoring companies, a teacher’s ROI (return on investment) is the north star metric... In the future, industry players must fully understand government policies, and unify the interest of individuals, companies, and the country.

  4. Michael Bass:

    I’ve heard Jeff described in the last day as our North Star, and as the captain of our ship, the ship that he’s been building for the last 9 years. He’s been… both our guide and our protector in the many storms that we’ve faced... It’s been said over by a few people, but outside of Ted Turner, no one has had a bigger impact, or been more important to, or meant more to CNN, and I don’t think anyone loved it more either. On top of all of those things about being our Captain, and our guide and our North Star, Jeff, as so, so many of you know, was also our friend.

  5. Marc Benioff:

    The world needs a North Star for truth on homelessness, the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative will be that North Star, providing the latest research, data and evidence-based solutions to ensure we're investing in programs that will help solve the homelessness crisis.


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