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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
Kleptocratic governments are not weak or failing, Chayes argues in this paradigm-shifting 2015 book.
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Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
In the new paradigm, PV teams can harness rich safety insights buried in unstructured narratives, clinical notes and global literature—sources that have been impossible to leverage fully until now.
—Aman Wasan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
At the core of all these simulations sat Manabe’s paradigm.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
In this paradigm, individuals’ ability to achieve their goals emerges from the economic rather than political or social realms.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
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Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
In the new paradigm, PV teams can harness rich safety insights buried in unstructured narratives, clinical notes and global literature—sources that have been impossible to leverage fully until now.
—Aman Wasan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
At the core of all these simulations sat Manabe’s paradigm.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
In this paradigm, individuals’ ability to achieve their goals emerges from the economic rather than political or social realms.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paradigm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradigm
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For example, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is designed to protect investors and keep financial markets fair, is one of more than two doen agencies that are legally similar to the FCC.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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In Geneva, for example, a nuclear invention from CERN researchers in the early 2000s led to the founding of a novel cancer treatment, and ultimately, to its $4 billion acquisition by Novartis.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Paradigm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradigm. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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