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Athletes should remember that they are role models.
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By 14, his ambition was to become a physician despite no role models and only having seen doctors twice for vaccinations.
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Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
As Mike and Carol Brady, Robert Reed and Florence Henderson were good role models for their fictional children, both as characters and professional actors.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
Presiding over it all alongside Goldberg as the elder statesman is camp impresario John Waters, who plays the louche Persian cat Armando — a role model for Kevin’s new, mostly post-human existence.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
As Mike and Carol Brady, Robert Reed and Florence Henderson were good role models for their fictional children, both as characters and professional actors.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
Presiding over it all alongside Goldberg as the elder statesman is camp impresario John Waters, who plays the louche Persian cat Armando — a role model for Kevin’s new, mostly post-human existence.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/role%20model. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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role model
noun
: a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others
watching our parents and other role models deal with conflict—Melody Beattie
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