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beau ideals

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plural of beau ideal

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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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Anthropic said conversations within the Personal Finance hub will not be used to train its models.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Climate models suggest that the Barnes Ice Cap will likely be gone entirely in the future.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 6 Nov. 2026

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Only in that way can a free and independent judiciary continue to deliver the ideals outlined in the founding documents of what is the most durable democracy ever conceived and created.

— David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
But the ideals of American citizenship still stand as a beacon to much of the world.

— Eric J. Gertler, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Doing so will help demonstrate your research, credit the sources of your information and ideas, and allow your readers to find and evaluate those sources.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 6 Nov. 2026
Eventually, older print publications like the Atlantic began putting more content online and the marketplace of online ideas grew.

— Ted Anthony, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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As the grandparents of Jesus, they are also considered the patron saints of grandparents.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Rita then prayed to her patron saints — John the Baptist, Augustine of Hippo, and Nicholas of Tolentino — while setting out to establish peace between the families involved in her husband's murder.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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For a more slipper-like look, Toteme’s velvet flats stay true to the classics, while mules from Dôen and Staud could easily double as your favorite indoor-outdoor shoes.

— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026
Open for breakfast, Sunday brunch (a buffet sometimes accompanied by live jazz), lunch, and dinner, The Bistro serves American classics, with a natural emphasis on seafood.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026

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But the objects we are left with, to take both Kaplan and Naumann as examples, often fall short of what either a painting or sculpture can be—and, without the theater play itself, what of the pertinent conversation?

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
The proceeds of each of the 10 examples of the $497,000 Akrivia x Louis Vuitton LVRR-01 went toward supporting winners of the prize, who received 150,000 euros (approximately $173,150) plus a year-long mentorship from La Fabrique du Temps.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2026

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All over the French capital, shop owners and restaurateurs have boarded up their windows against les manifestations—protests over a lack of education funding which have frequently devolved into rioting.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

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