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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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Recent Examples of paradigm
Two impressive wins in October don’t suddenly change that paradigm.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Channels have been replaced by streaming services, each of which has its own menu screen with an individual visual language and interaction paradigm.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
But the new paradigm for fighting these fires contains an inconvenient truth.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Channels have been replaced by streaming services, each of which has its own menu screen with an individual visual language and interaction paradigm.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
But the new paradigm for fighting these fires contains an inconvenient truth.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradigm
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French Polynesia, for example, is warm year-round but sees its driest, sunniest weather between May and October.—
Jim Augerinos,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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See one example in the away win over Dynamo Kyiv, where Mateta makes a near-post sprint as Yeremy Pino shapes to cross.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Paradigm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradigm. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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