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beau ideals

noun

plural of beau ideal
1
as in models
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation she is the beau ideal of the dedicated medical professional

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2
as in ideals
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 Synonyms for beau ideals
  1. models
  2. ideals
  3. ideas
  4. perfections
  5. patron saints
  6. classics
  7. examples
  8. manifestations
Noun
  • The confusion could muddy the narrative of having the best models in the market that OpenAI would no doubt like to present ahead of a possible 2027 IPO.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Scientists adapted data models from the Michigan project to complete both evaluations within months.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of models
Noun
  • Literary scholars have since described the book as highly sanitized, based largely on the family’s adoring memories, and shaped by the social ideals of Victorian England.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Most often, socialism morphs into totalitarianism, as its egalitarian ideals are no match for human nature.
    — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideals
Noun
  • Republicans have a president happy to adopt (or take credit for) populist ideas that his party used to blanche at – and candidates who would follow him for every beat.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The whole thing plays like something concocted by an 8th grader sitting in the back of biology class and doodling movie ideas in his notebook, offering more proof that Besson has never quite risen above the juvenile tendencies of his early years.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • The collection is built around a fascination of the forest, its mystery, beauty, and the sublime forces of nature, its perfections and imperfections.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of perfections
Noun
  • The crochet, the suede, the fringe; its patron saints Kate Moss and Sienna Miller.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • Its patron saints, in modern times, have been Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma and Croatian midfielder Luka Modrić.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Definition of patron saints
Noun
  • These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
  • His father directed more than 40 features, including classics such as The 39 Steps and many of the pictures in the comedic Doctor franchise, while his uncle Gerald Thomas was known for the Carry On films.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of classics
Noun
  • Freedom, the Second Amendment, the greatest military in the history of the world, gorgeous nature from coast to coast, cheap domestic light beer and other examples that would take me a month to list.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But these examples demonstrate what’s both possible and necessary in higher education.
    — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of examples
Noun
  • Sports are in the midst of a global makeover from narrow manifestations of tribal interest to mainstays of the monoculture.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The exhibit, which professes to illustrate storytelling through art in its earliest manifestations, is a jarring introduction to a museum that houses 1,300 original works.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of manifestations
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