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eidolon

noun

ī-ˈdō-lən

Definition of eidolon

as in model

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man

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Trust took another nosedive when OpenAI’s agents attacked Hugging Face this summer and, in a world-first, a rogue model hacked the Australian Government’s website.

— Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
Future product expansion for Scout For now, the Traveler and the Terra models are the main priority.

— Chase Jordan October 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of model

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As Reynolds notes, this freedom cut against rock’s foundational idea of immediacy, the direct communication of feeling between artist and audience.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Over time, Buddhism introduced ideas of reincarnation and karmic retribution, linking a person's fate after death to their actions in life.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of idea

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Tyrome Laundersville – who missed his parents in Iowa – is another example of someone who got key help from an adult outside the foster care system.

— Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
This edition of the AJC On Campus Roundup looks at one recent example from the University of Georgia, where a study found that people who use social media for investment advice should proceed with caution.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Vintage photographs and century-old artifacts nod to the property's original incarnation.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

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This image influenced the Italian view of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, in which European journalists presented the Japanese soldiers as samurai-like paragons of discipline and self-sacrifice.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2026
The novel registered to me as a paragon depiction of American political consciousness, or lack thereof.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

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