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something or someone serving as a basis for imitation
The thesis paper provides a new paradigm for educational practices.
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In interviews timed for the release of the novel, Vuong has expressed a desire to write about characters who fall outside the paradigm of progress.
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july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Biographer Robin Givhan talks about how Virgil Abloh, the dynamic, game-changing subject of her latest work, broke barriers, changed paradigms, and reshaped the worlds of fashion and art, with a special nod to the role of Black music and themes of freedom and joy.
—Essence, 7 July 2025
Overall, production assistants are a largely non-unionized group in the entertainment industry as a whole, even as that paradigm may be shifting.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
The theatrical paradigm is slowed, extended and occasionally reversed by the circumstance.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Biographer Robin Givhan talks about how Virgil Abloh, the dynamic, game-changing subject of her latest work, broke barriers, changed paradigms, and reshaped the worlds of fashion and art, with a special nod to the role of Black music and themes of freedom and joy.
—Essence, 7 July 2025
Overall, production assistants are a largely non-unionized group in the entertainment industry as a whole, even as that paradigm may be shifting.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
The theatrical paradigm is slowed, extended and occasionally reversed by the circumstance.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradigm
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For example, the Bay View Neighborhood Association supports residents through advocacy and community improvements.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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For example, fructose (fruit sugar) is converted to glucose in the liver, and so is galactose (a component of milk sugar).—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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“Paradigm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradigm. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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