Touchstone Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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After a more than three-year absence, it’s the beginning of the end for Netflix’s hit series, which has endeared gaggle of misfit kids to us and become a cultural touchstone.

From Los Angeles Times

But over the next half-century, her emotionally wrenching performances would turn her into an Oscar winner, while her idiosyncratic personal style made her a touchstone to generations of American women.

From The Wall Street Journal

Isaac: We spoke about those things at that first meeting, so that was actually like the touchstone of the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times

Kohl’s Cash is fast becoming part of popular culture, much the way Bed Bath & Beyond’s “Big Blue” oversize 20% off coupons were a touchstone before the retailer filed for bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The German electronic band would become one of his musical touchstones forever more.

From Los Angeles Times