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exemplar
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one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like
- The village's Congregational church could serve as an exemplar of the white clapboard church with a steeple that is a fixture in old New England towns.
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case in point
2
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
- Few of history's heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be.
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the most perfect type or example
- The paintings of the French painter Claude Monet are often regarded as exemplars of Impressionism.
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model, example, pattern, exemplar, ideal mean someone or something set before one for guidance or imitation. model applies to something taken or proposed as worthy of imitation.
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- a decor that is a model of good taste
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- children tend to follow the example of their parents
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- American industry set a pattern for others to follow
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- cited Joan of Arc as the exemplar of courage
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- never found a job that matched his ideal
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