loadstone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of loadstone
Example Sentences
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This week, the rookie receiver Kadarius Toney hobbled off with an ankle injury, a week after his 189-yard game against Dallas showed he could be a loadstone in the receiver rotation.
From New York Times
“In the current environment, wage growth needs to be a major factor, maybe even a loadstone for the Fed, when it’s deciding to raise rates.”
From US News
For Franz Liszt it was a loadstone of double power—the ideality of the place attracted him and its religion anchored his spiritual restlessness.
From Project Gutenberg
The loadstone placed in the neighborhood of a piece of iron attracts it, and makes it leap across the intervening space.
From Project Gutenberg
It was in the beginning of the eighteenth century that various experiments were made with the loadstone in researches regarding electricity.
From Project Gutenberg
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