paradigm

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Definition of paradigmnext
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something or someone serving as a basis for imitation The thesis paper provides a new paradigm for educational practices.

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Recent Examples of paradigm And what the agreement with Lebanon does is completely remove Iran from the paradigm. — CBS News, 12 July 2026 But experts say Trump’s explicit targeting of Suleimani and Khamenei — and his public celebration of their deaths — marks a new paradigm. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 What the changes mean for leaders today Adopting a new leadership paradigm requires a shift in mindset across all levels. — IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026 Under May, Michigan’s men’s basketball program was a paradigm for success in the modern era. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for paradigm
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  • Those are just two examples of Russian FPV (first-person view) drones attacking civilians rather than military assets – a phenomenon that’s also playing out in the frontline cities of Kherson and Kramatorsk.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Rather than discarding imperfect outputs, GIFT identifies those that are close to correct and uses them to generate new training examples.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
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