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The phrase "a modern touchstone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a contemporary standard or benchmark against which other things are measured or evaluated.
Example: "In today's digital age, social media has become a modern touchstone for measuring public opinion."
Alternatives: "a contemporary benchmark" or "a current standard".
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Malevich's work is a modern touchstone.
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"V for Vendetta," the comic-based movie whose violent, anarchist antihero fashions himself a modern Guy Fawkes and rebels against a fascist government has become a touchstone for young protesters in mostly western countries.
A modern Gesamtkunstwerk, the piece is defined as much by Robert Wilson's staging and (to a lesser degree) Lucinda Childs's choreography as it is by Philip Glass's luminous music; there is no plot per se, though the life and work of Albert Einstein, and his incalculable influence on the modern world, is its touchstone.
A modern version, obviously.
A modern mosquito miracle.
A modern solution, indeed.
A modern Job?
A modern city should have modern rules.
Have a modern website.
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