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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 models
Leagues like this provide opportunities for more female athletes to play professionally and offer more role models for youth athletes.
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Latif Love
june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026
Actress Jeri Ryan, known for her iconic role as Seven of Nine in the Star Trek universe, is set to hold a talk on contemporary female role models in TV.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 June 2026
Now, more than a decade later, current Aledo softball players are in the same position that Arneson was in and can serve as role models for the younger athletes in Aledo ISD.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
Lots of famous real-world role models are also easy to name.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Just like generations before, Gen Z is looking to role models for career success.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Virtue ethics, attributed to Aristotle, focuses on which character traits make one a good person, such as emulating virtuousness embodied by role models.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Dukes, the filings state, started looking up to people in the television and music industry because the male role models in his own life were in and out of jail.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Latif Love
june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026
Actress Jeri Ryan, known for her iconic role as Seven of Nine in the Star Trek universe, is set to hold a talk on contemporary female role models in TV.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 June 2026
Now, more than a decade later, current Aledo softball players are in the same position that Arneson was in and can serve as role models for the younger athletes in Aledo ISD.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
Lots of famous real-world role models are also easy to name.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Just like generations before, Gen Z is looking to role models for career success.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Virtue ethics, attributed to Aristotle, focuses on which character traits make one a good person, such as emulating virtuousness embodied by role models.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Dukes, the filings state, started looking up to people in the television and music industry because the male role models in his own life were in and out of jail.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for role models
Noun
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Prosecutors across the state have cited examples of cases where defendants qualified for diversion but went on to commit serious crimes.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Those are some of the examples on the state side.—
Sooji Nam,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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And my ideas don’t fly all the time.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Members can explore new ideas from the neuroscientists, entrepreneurs, artists, philosophers, and other innovators shaping the future.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 June 2026
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While OpenAI pursued a sprawling set of ambitions, from video AI to consumer hardware to chips to robotics and beyond, Anthropic’s laser focus on coding enabled it to build the most powerful coding models in the world, setting the stage for the breakout success of Claude Code.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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In May 2026 the Royal Australian Navy awarded it its first international defense contract, ordering P4 Transwing drones for autonomous maritime logistics, with an option on larger P5 models from 2027.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 21,
New Atlas,
21 June 2026
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The Cane Ridge Revival would become an epochal moment in American religious history, one of the most visible manifestations of what historians would later refer to as the Second Great Awakening.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Meanwhile, here are some other Bay Area manifestations of the Miles/Coltrane centennial.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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