Touchstones

Word TOUCHSTONES
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Definitions and meanings of "Touchstones"

What do we mean by touchstones?

A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.

(by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.

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The word "touchstones" in example sentences

His touchstones were the Roman Coliseum and the Taj Mahal. ❋ Denise Hamilton (2003)

Whether it is in our own lives or the life of a communal effort like the early space program, it is important to preserve "touchstones". ❋ Unknown (2009)

You start to not have those kind of touchstones we all need. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Technological hurdles, privacy concerns and a culture of secrecy have kept the president from making transparency one of the "touchstones" of his tenure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixAs we wrote behind in July, this is "retro cocktail hyper-focused upon a futuristic reimagination of postmodernism as good as neoclassicism as proletarian touchstones ... that we can dance to." ❋ Admin (2009)

Blumenauer, 61, finds himself fighting to retain one of the touchstones for liberals this year, a public insurance option in the health care overhaul, and is watching his hopes of curbingglobal warminggrow cold in the Senate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Under Cover Of Darkness" effortlessly weaves together the full lineage of Strokes touchstones without sounding like a tired retreading of the past. ❋ Theo Spielberg (2011)

His work, he says, is more akin to novel writing than fine art, though on this evidence Borges or Kafka, rather than Agatha Christie, are his touchstones. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But the next day the sun was shining and I quickly found my touchstones—Whole Foods and the Container Store there are no words for me and the Container Store. ❋ Johnny Weir (2011)

The filmmakers droop theological, philosophical and mythological touchstones into all of their films, including their most whimsical comedies. ❋ Cathleen Falsani (2011)

And her stunning "Ttéia" constellations 1977-2000, in which intricate webs of intersecting wire with a tremulous ethereal glint, return her to the touchstones of the preceding decades. ❋ Jonathan Blitzer (2011)

In Episode 4 they spend it together in pursuit of the same goal and we have fun with that, but they are in a way each other's touchstones. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Getty Images Tracy Pollan with Michael J. Fox "This is really a show about pop-culture touchstones that have withstood the test of time," Mr. Jones announced to the full house pun intended. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

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