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nonesuches

noun

plural of nonesuch
as in models
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation in medieval legend Sir Galahad is the nonesuch of the noble knight with a pure and unselfish heart

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  1. models
  2. ideas
  3. patron saints
  4. examples
  5. incarnations
  6. ideals
Noun
  • The 33-year-old wasn’t the only superstar to strut down the runway, as fellow Bronx native Jennifer Lopez, mgk and J Balvin were also among the models in the show.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of models
Noun
  • The Libra Sun opposes Neptune across your social and creative zones, encouraging big ideas, romantic possibilities, or group enthusiasm.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
  • If Trump does push ahead, his main cheerleaders will be GOP candidates in tight races this fall who are eager to market more ideas to lower costs before the midterms.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • The long history of psychedelics and religion is filled with scientists, anthropologists, mystics, shamans, outlaws, and prophets, but these two men are, more than any others, the patron saints of our current psychedelic revival.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Columnist Gustavo Arellano says voters should pray extra hard to these patron saints for the 2026 election.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of patron saints
Noun
  • 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
Definition of examples
Noun
  • The Jets and the league announced on Wednesday that the statistical histories of both incarnations of the team have been merged.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of incarnations
Noun
  • This mythologizing of a masculine, European (though crucially not British) version of Columbus supported burgeoning American ideals of Manifest Destiny (the idea that the United States was preordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and beyond).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • These unspool in the form of action scenes where the stakes aren’t just personal safety, but the larger ideals of a nation under political suppression.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideals
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“Nonesuches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonesuches. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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