Meanings of become a touchstone in English

It's hardly likely to become a touchstone text for a new generation of cinemagoers.

The group had become a touchstone for the lunatic fringe.

It has become a touchstone for our guilt in eagerly seeking development while, at times, forsaking heritage.

Following the National Front's victory in the Vitrolles mayoral election this month the bill has suddenly become a touchstone of attitudes towards French identity.

The company has become a touchstone for Mexico's capacity for economic reform since oil output began to fall behind the performance of other major producers.

The firm has become a touchstone for Mexico's capacity for economic reform since oil output began to fall behind the performance of other major producers.

The booing of the 35-year-old at AFL matches has become a touchstone for a debate about racist abuse aimed at indigenous people in the country.

It became a touchstone for a divisive, months-long internal debate, inflamed by Google's open culture.

This idea became a touchstone for me -a star I tried to steer towards.

It captured the zeitgeist, becoming a touchstone for a generation of designers weaned on the dynamic possibilities of computer-aided modelling.

Zimmerman was eventually acquitted of murdering the 17-year-old but the case became a touchstone for debates over racial discrimination in the country.

That film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and a became a touchstone for a particular type of blurred, casually spaced-out film-making.

Gaia quickly became a touchstone for a generation of environmentalists but was derided by many of that same generation's scientists, particularly the evolutionary biologists.