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someone who another person admires and tries to be like
Parents need to be good role models for their children. Athletes should remember that they are role models.
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Recent Examples of role model
The foundation, Judge said, is built out of her son’s love for children and leverages his position as a role model to encourage stewardship.
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Sabrina Bodon, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
As primary role models, mothers often shape how their daughters perceive body image and understand nutrition from an early age.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 8 May 2025
Putin’s invasion has changed that, and Trump, taking Putin as a role model, has, too.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
Practically all adolescents do that to some extent, though Enzo lacks an appropriate role model to show him an alternative.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 May 2025
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Sabrina Bodon, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
As primary role models, mothers often shape how their daughters perceive body image and understand nutrition from an early age.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 8 May 2025
Putin’s invasion has changed that, and Trump, taking Putin as a role model, has, too.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025
Practically all adolescents do that to some extent, though Enzo lacks an appropriate role model to show him an alternative.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role model
Noun
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At night, for example, when the house is silent and your work is done.—
Ann Goldstein,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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For example, Hass avocados, which are the most common type available in the U.S., are medium sized.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 May 2025
Noun
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House and Senate lawmakers keep circulating big ideas that would go well beyond a narrow fix — and cost taxpayers many billions in doing so.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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While many celebrity documentaries are innocuous self-celebrations produced by the subjects or by their estates, in a more open arrangement, the person behind the camera may have leave to form and express their own ideas about the person in front of it.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Our leaders intervened to retrain the model, preserving our commitment to personalized service.—
Braden Yuill,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Open source is a big deal in AI right now because of the strong performance of those models, especially out of China, which are free to use.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20model. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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