as in model
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
around the statehouse he's known as the patron saint of partisan politics
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Recent Examples of patron saint
Even the ideology of the group’s patron saint was more complicated than the ACC lets on.
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Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
And the brief life of France's patron saint, Joan of Arc, was also in the 15th century.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Anybody heading into the spring with a seasonably cheerful and rosy view of world affairs will be well-met by the return of the patron saints of drone metal, pulling on their cloaks to herald our everlong winter.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
There the grave still is, of Ireland’s three patron saints, under a granite slab added at the start of the 20th century to stop pilgrims stealing soil from the site.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
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Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
And the brief life of France's patron saint, Joan of Arc, was also in the 15th century.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Anybody heading into the spring with a seasonably cheerful and rosy view of world affairs will be well-met by the return of the patron saints of drone metal, pulling on their cloaks to herald our everlong winter.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
There the grave still is, of Ireland’s three patron saints, under a granite slab added at the start of the 20th century to stop pilgrims stealing soil from the site.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patron saint
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Alaves should be similarly worried, according to Opta’s model, facing both of the top two before the season is out, while Sevilla do not have it easy after a massive game at Levante on Wednesday.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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The company had a two-bedroom, 360-square-foot model that cost $96,900 on display outside its factory.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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Focus on one idea and carry it through.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2026
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Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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But as anyone who has argued over a set of new windows can attest, condo boards are a better example.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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For example, consider buying your mom a weighted vest.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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This traces the origins of her house, from its first, paradigm-shifting garments to its present-day incarnation under current creative director, Daniel Roseberry.—
Jane Levere,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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The backstory Once a late-night hot spot on the boulevard Rochechouart in the 1920s, the former incarnation of the hotel drew in traveling artists, intellectuals, and a smattering of stars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Orbán wasn’t taken down by liberal democratic ideals but by his own excessive greed.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The men and women whose political visions were formed in the interwar period carried those ideals forward into the Cold War era.—
Tony Wood,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Patron saint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patron%20saint. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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