as in model
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
in Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is depicted as the one knight who is a paragon of virtue
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Recent Examples of paragon
The brand has been a paragon of innovation, affordability, and female empowerment.
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Dean Debiase, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Obama overcame the critiques; and his presidency, anticlimactically, ended up being thoroughly centrist, very far from a paragon of democratic socialism, let alone socialism.
—Jerel Ezell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Throw away the accolades as well as the talent and there would still be a guy who has always been a cultural paragon dating to his days at the University of Alabama.
—Claude Smalls, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Advertisement Both previous movie versions of the Kents were paragons of a certain kind of Americana nobility, strong, proud farmers from the heartland.
—James Grebey, Time, 11 July 2025
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Dean Debiase, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Obama overcame the critiques; and his presidency, anticlimactically, ended up being thoroughly centrist, very far from a paragon of democratic socialism, let alone socialism.
—Jerel Ezell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Throw away the accolades as well as the talent and there would still be a guy who has always been a cultural paragon dating to his days at the University of Alabama.
—Claude Smalls, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
Advertisement Both previous movie versions of the Kents were paragons of a certain kind of Americana nobility, strong, proud farmers from the heartland.
—James Grebey, Time, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paragon
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The iPhone 17 lineup is headlined by the addition of the iPhone 17 Air, which takes the place of the iPhone Plus model that served as the company's second tier phone.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the midst of feeling helpless, Kate said an idea took shape to commemorate the victims.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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And the 18-year-old Mastantuono has already brought fresh ideas to Madrid’s attack.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The reversal marks just one example of how Trump is rewriting Republicans’ decades-old playbook on countering Beijing’s influence in the United States and abroad.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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American craft beer, for example, has grown over the last 30 years to take nearly 15% of US beer sales by volume.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Also, the Gorn look a little different in their Strange New Worlds incarnation.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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This is the new incarnation of an old refrain, once expressed as the claim that China simply copies everything.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Paragon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paragon. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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