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Recent Examples of cynosure From these beginnings, the Voice grew into a cynosure of the counterculture. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 The film’s screenplay, co-written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki, finds its metaphoric cynosure in the Japanese concept of komorebi, which describes the play of light and shadow through the leaves of a tree, every shimmering moment unique. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023 Past the age of fifty, the supple cynosure of the salons turned into something of a tottering wreck. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cynosure
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
  • Water villas take center stage here, along with luxurious spa treatments offered in private nests, and divers can enjoy one of PADI’s newest eco centers.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Hasler likens it to an orchestra of clocks, with the conductor directing from the hypothalamus, a small region within the center of the brain.
    Sarah Boden, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The home at 2195 Dias Dr. — which sits on nearly 99 acres with unobstructed views in every direction — is on the market for $2.25 million.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The orchestra has no music director to push it in this or that direction.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Carolinas’ food mecca of Charleston. California, then back. Management, failures and burnout.
    Jenny Hartley, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The celebrated Park Forest Plaza — one of the first suburban shopping malls in America, which had siphoned commerce from former shopping meccas such as downtown Chicago Heights — was one-upped in turn by Matteson’s indoor Lincoln Mall.
    Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Even identifying the most meaningful bits of driving data for training purposes from endless miles of on-road video is extremely hard to do, said an AV researcher and computer scientist briefed on Tesla’s approach who asked not to be named.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Holland boasts striking advancements in the director’s style and committed performances from Kidman, Macfadyen and Bernal, but these qualities can’t quite save a narrative fundamentally confused about its purpose.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Finnish goalie was on the other side of the Ullmark trade that brought the latter to Canada’s capital.
    Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • After the acquittal, rare in capital murder cases in Tarrant County, Delancy, who is 34, was to be released from jail on Wednesday evening.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The Rage Against the Machine guitarist sat in for the two-song encore, but the focus was entirely on one of the great rock & roll catalogs, delivered with an enthusiasm that few musicians nearing 80 years old could muster.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While Georgia, Texas, California, New York, and Florida lead as the top states for engagement—with Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles as primary hubs—HillmanTok reaches users across all fifty states.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Mar. 2025
  • And this week, according to Amazon’s Movers and Shakers List (a hub that features the site’s trending products), shoppers are picking up a variety of time-saving gadgets and helpful tools for the kitchen.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Cynosure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cynosure. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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