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one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like
a futile war that is now regarded as the exemplification of national naïveté and arrogance
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As examples go, many clubs in Italy could do worse than follow Sassuolo, particularly at a time when there is so much gloom about the state of the game in the bel paese.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026 -
Both nations represent the best examples of Western civilization.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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