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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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Every paradigm-shifting invention is met with a hysterical reaction.
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Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
In place of the old, a new paradigm emerges, one that recognizes athletes not just as students or performers, but as entrepreneurs and brand builders in their own right.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
No-fault medical malpractice, adapted in Denmark, New Zealand and many other countries, changes this entire paradigm.
—Vamsi Aribindi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
And, even if the LRDs mystery has been solved—and cosmology’s reigning paradigm saved—a host of new questions would arise.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
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Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
In place of the old, a new paradigm emerges, one that recognizes athletes not just as students or performers, but as entrepreneurs and brand builders in their own right.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
No-fault medical malpractice, adapted in Denmark, New Zealand and many other countries, changes this entire paradigm.
—Vamsi Aribindi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
And, even if the LRDs mystery has been solved—and cosmology’s reigning paradigm saved—a host of new questions would arise.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradigm
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Konyndyk argued that mortality data won’t reflect many adverse outcomes of the aid cuts, because humanitarians and aid recipients are frantically reallocating funds; for example, taking money away from education to put it towards food.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Lovejoy, for example, will compete in a basketball district with Anna, Celina, McKinney North, Melissa and other schools far northeast of Dallas.—
Myah Taylor,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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