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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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 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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Noun

Adjusting for the volume of games played, we have been treated to 14 per cent more goals than the data model would expect.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The company also benefits from the structure of the franchise model.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of model

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That the ideal was so ancient, and the examples so few, is precisely what makes the discipline remarkable.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
And thanks to a lack of light pollution, low population, and limited rainfall and tree coverage, the region has the perfect recipe for clear, untouched dark skies ideal for stargazing.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026

Definition of ideal

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Attendees are welcomed into the Nickelodeon activation with bubbles, a slime fountain and a big orange DJ stand spinning cartoon classics.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
The series is based on Backyard Baseball — the full-scale revamp of the beloved 2D arcade-style classic that has captivated kids and adults since 1997.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 July 2026

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Today marks the 138th anniversary of the birth of Raymond Chandler, patron saint of Los Angeles noir and perhaps the most famous crime fiction writer of all time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Momsen, the former Cindy Lou Who, is now 32 and seemingly the patron saint of gothic hard rock.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Definition of patron saint

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Amidst this noise, what will decide the dollar’s supremacy is not its perfection but its ability to outshine others.

— Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026
The sound is not just big and bold, but scrubbed clean by AI with the goal of maddening perfection.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of perfection

Noun

Those are just two examples of Russian FPV (first-person view) drones attacking civilians rather than military assets – a phenomenon that’s also playing out in the frontline cities of Kherson and Kramatorsk.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Rather than discarding imperfect outputs, GIFT identifies those that are close to correct and uses them to generate new training examples.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Definition of example

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The medals are a manifestation of a campaign that included far more good than bad.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
By focusing on changing immutable elements through mind power alone, the manifestation practices of Byrne and Nafousi—which promote aligning visualization with action—entered the world of magical thinking.

— Daisy Schofield, Allure, 13 July 2026

Definition of manifestation

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