Thesaurus results for EIDOLA

eidolons

noun

variants or eidola

plural of eidolon

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

Blind audience members received Braille programs, tactile models and live audio description, while deaf spectators followed overhead titles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Anthropic ran its tests without the standard safety safeguards in models that are generally available to the public.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

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For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Liverpool’s new manager turned Bournemouth into a highly efficient outfit during his time in charge there and could carry over some ideas to his latest club.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of ideas

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Television has its own example in Doctor Who, where generations of viewers have embraced different actors as the Doctor without abandoning earlier incarnations.

— David Deal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Put all that together and this city has good reason to embrace a festival that, after 20 incarnations in Sweet Home Chicago, deserves to be seen as part of our summer furniture.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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Organizations seeking the award share examples of innovative programs and initiatives that improve both patient care and staff well-being.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
The most famous examples come with Coy Hill on the label, referring to particular warehouses at the distillery in Lynchburg that often yield super high-ABV barrels with very little whiskey left in them after close to a decade of maturation.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026

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Grossman’s soldiers might not be tidy paragons of bravery, but they’re portrayed with an unwavering, compassionate regard.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
Packed with clashing Nazi goons and ice-cold blaxploitation paragons of extralegal justice, this season went inexplicably Tarantino, opening up arteries but also opportunities for a great actor to shine.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 June 2026

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