Thesaurus results for ROLE MODEL

role model

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Definition of role model

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someone who another person admires and tries to be like Parents need to be good role models for their children. Athletes should remember that they are role models.

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Recent Examples of role model Heads of state, parents of book recipients, music fans, movie fans and, like me, women who felt blessed to have had such a glamorous role model publicly mourned the loss. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Stella wrote that Dolly was a role model who encouraged her to focus on what matters most. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 But she was also considered a feminist role model for holding the reins of her own career, writing her own songs, owning her content and looking after her finances in an entertainment world dominated by men. — Kristin M. Hall, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Being an official, being on the field, giving back, being a good example — an adult role model for these boys out on the football field is very satisfying. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for role model

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But as this example illustrates, interpreting the benchmark scores can be technically complex, presenting a challenge for companies that want to show off the results to the public in a digestible format.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Trump’s botched repairs to the Reflecting Pool ahead of the nation’s 250th-birthday celebrations, in July, offer a classic example of the problem.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

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The new experiment tested those competing ideas by deliberately weakening the electron interactions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
But the head of Germany’s central bank, who is also a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council, said Melenchon’s debt cancelation idea would be forbidden under the currency bloc’s rules and could lead to hyperinflation.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

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This allows XPeng to run its physical AI foundation model directly on the robot rather than relying on remote computing or teleoperation for complex tasks.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Open models are becoming fascinating; their performance is absolutely reaching frontier levels.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

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