variants
or eidola
as in models
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man
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Noun
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The company’s latest lineup of eco-friendly excavators includes the ZX17U-6EB, ZX55U-6EB, and ZX85-6EB models.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026 -
Research shows using animals such as frogs as dissection models in classrooms costs taxpayers millions of dollars per year, as opposed to a fraction of this amount for nonlethal anatomical model alternatives that serve exactly the same purpose.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Calderon, Becerra and Mahan floated ideas like investing more state funds to increase child care providers’ wages for programs like Head Start, a federal early childhood care program.—
Lia Russell
Updated February 19,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Bateman said it’s been an education for him personally, chatting with these men over dinner and exchanging ideas.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Houses such as Boucheron and Chaumet gave new incarnations to elements mined from their deep archives, whether a signature motif or even a historic address.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
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The house then went through a couple of incarnations, owned by different families, before family-run Uga Escapes—whose show-stopping properties, span Anuradhapura to Yala National Park—took it over.—
Harriet Compston,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ask for examples of how the planner builds income strategies rather than just investment portfolios.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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For years now, conservative voices have railed against the outsize influence of public-sector unions on the running of American cities, with Chicago serving as one of the leading examples.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Kathleen Hanna fronted punk greats Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, two bands that existed at different times in the evolving (but still sexist) conversation about women and their place in culture, with the musicians often serving as paragons of feminist critique and anguish.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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For instance, there is no reason to fear that Canadian, German, or Japanese nuclear weapons would end up in the hands of rogue states or terrorist organizations; all three are paragons of responsibility, state capacity, and domestic stability.—
Moritz S. Graefrath,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Eidolons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eidolons. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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