Thesaurus results for BEAU IDEAL

beau ideal

noun

ˌbō-ī-ˈdē(-ə)l

Definition of beau ideal

as in model

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation she is the beau ideal of the dedicated medical professional

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as in ideal

the most perfect type or example Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous architectural creation, Falling Water, is widely regarded as the beau ideal of a building in harmony with its setting

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Recent Examples of beau ideal Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal. — Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026 The beau ideal of local graft was Hall’s boss, Fate Thomas, the Davidson County sheriff. — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 The beau ideal of illiberal democracy is, of course, Viktor Orbán of Hungary, who outlined the term in a 2014 speech. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024 At Délice & Sarrasin, a charming French bistro in the West Village, vegans can bide their time in style, enticing new recruits with the beau ideal of meatless haute cuisine. — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2021 If Hicks is the beau ideal in today’s MLB, then Miles Mikolas is a throwback to the Roosevelt administration. — Michael Beller, SI.com, 23 May 2018 Conservatives like to imagine Reagan as the beau ideal of a president who faithfully adhered to their principles, but Trump is the president who has actually done it. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 23 Feb. 2018 If Teddy Roosevelt was the Harvard beau ideal at the turn of the last century, Mark Zuckerberg is the Harvard man to be in the new millennium. — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016

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Their calculations used a feature of the model called a universal scaling function, which describes how physical quantities with dimensions, such as length, change over cosmic time.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a model for community conservation, having increased its rhino population to 89 from 15 back in 1984.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of model

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Members of the Democratic and Republican parties say the country and political system are better off when candidates and their ideas are tested.

— Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
The modular laptop display system is not an entirely new idea, and there are some existing products on the market that offer detachable portable screens.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of idea

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But Criterion’s edition of the Wilder classic has a more elegant black-and-white Chicago — albeit shot in Los Angeles.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
At Grill Chadafö, classics such as Chateaubriand and a whole lobster salad have been on the menu for more than 40 years.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

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Each October, pilgrims walk about 37 miles from the capital and nearby towns to give thanks or make requests to the Virgin of Luján, a small statue of Mary venerated as Argentina's patron saint.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Venerated as the patron saint of England and of Georgia, he is often depicted as slaying a dragon.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

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Boneless, skinless chicken breasts get covered in queso, diced tomatoes with green chiles, and even more Monterey Jack cheese before being baked to melty perfection.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2026
That delay might be explained, as Skepta has suggested in interviews, by the pursuit of perfection—or the weight of having to say something worth hearing.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of perfection

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Implementations can use thin silicon nanosheets or nanoribbons stacked vertically, with Intel’s RibbonFET providing one example.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
This was just one example that created plenty of confusion for viewers at home, while the home Missouri crowd was left stunned.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of example

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Energy going through the system is what life is in its many manifestations, said William Martin, an evolutionary biologist at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2026
But as well as the incumbent president and a democratic manifestation of contemporary American feeling, the forces which sustained his political career during this time appear almost eternal.

— Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

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