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  • n  something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
    let faith be your cynosure to walk by
  • n  something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
    if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice

  • Going on stage and being the cynosure of thousand eyes is death for him.
  • A little hyena cub has been brought here from the jungles and the little female cub has become a <>cynosure of all eyes here.
  • To many Westerners, the idea of the Japanese monarchy seems a paradox in a country that has become the cynosure of the modern industrial world.
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  • Robert Mugabe in Times LIVE
    In a praise-singing article in one of the government newspapers, the Mugabe spin-doctor said the octogenarian had proved to be "a great visionary and revolutionary. He was an object of cynosure held in both veneration and reverence among other...
  • Sudhir Mishra in Times of India
    The Gulf of Guinea has become the cynosure of world attention. Next to the Middle East, it has one of the largest deposits of hydrocarbons. It is also a very peaceful region. That is why we have established the Gulf of Guinea Commission to maintain... Olusegun Obasanjo http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHR4w2z83DHx7ILx2aZa26XeR7eSA AllAfrica.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://allafrica.com/stories/200508310541.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH1-0ewHPYB480M_U7dTDHGFGWFrQ Aug 31, 2005 24570 33001 cynosure Such relationships do exist around us and by bringing them onscreen, we filmmakers are only trying to showcase reality. Sometimes, such relationships become the cynosure of media attention, as was the case with Professor Matuk Nath and Julie, but...

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