Thesaurus results for PATRON SAINT

patron saint

noun

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 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 The Baroque Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán is a beautiful church to visit, as is the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, dedicated to Oaxaca's patron saint. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026 The Irish, outraged at the sight of their patron saint being mocked, rose up to meet the challenge with their fists. —

Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 The story has become so ingrained in the imagination of Brazilians that even today, John Bosco is considered the capital’s patron saint, with both a chapel and a church named after him. —

Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patron saint

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So no, the Nets didn’t spend this season proving that five first-round picks at once is some elegant new model the rest of the league should rush to copy.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
The system runs on UnifoLM, Unitree’s proprietary unified large-scale model for robotics, and supports reinforcement learning to improve motion control and task execution.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026