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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Faisal Bashir | Lightrocket | Getty Images BEIJING — China's artificial intelligence models may be enjoying rapid adoption but that isn't yet translating into revenue, raising questions about company valuations.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Higher-dimensional spheres serve as excellent models for things that exist in our daily lives.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

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No Way Home drew on the superhero's previous film incarnations, bringing them all together as Peter Parker's world collapses.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026
In previous incarnations, the project has included a luxury hotel, apartments and a Frank Gehry museum.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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There are also horrifying incidents of helplessness and despair, as well as touching examples of hope, faith and redemption.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
And yet Trump wants to turn the White House and an outpost on the Potomac into similar citadels, with little regard for why America’s capital city was named for one of its greatest examples of unadorned republican virtue.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 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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