cynosure

Cats were rewarded with dry or moist food for approaching the cynosure at the 0-deg position or the peripheral stimulus, respectively. From the Cambridge English Corpus

In this respect we hold a special position, because we are the cynosure of all eyes at all times. Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the

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