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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
The women follow in the men's footsteps and their role models are not their mothers.
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Michael and Susan Dell have had a great impact and are great role models.
—Ray Dalio, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Preschools could highlight the need for teachers who serve as positive male role models.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
Dylan has also credited his sisters for being role models for him in the sport.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
Bringing fans together—alongside Barbie role models, designers, partners and global icons who embody the true spirit of Barbie—was at the heart of this event.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Parents say having positive women of color as role models is crucial for building self-confidence in girls of color.
—Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Katrina Lake, founder of Stitch Fix, said not having female role models growing up contributed to feelings of imposter syndrome despite her company’s $120 million IPO in 2017.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Rick and Danny come out looking like neither role models nor villains, but just two imperfect men brought together by the whims of fate and a sincere passion for their art.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Michael and Susan Dell have had a great impact and are great role models.
—Ray Dalio, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Preschools could highlight the need for teachers who serve as positive male role models.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
Dylan has also credited his sisters for being role models for him in the sport.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
Bringing fans together—alongside Barbie role models, designers, partners and global icons who embody the true spirit of Barbie—was at the heart of this event.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Parents say having positive women of color as role models is crucial for building self-confidence in girls of color.
—Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Katrina Lake, founder of Stitch Fix, said not having female role models growing up contributed to feelings of imposter syndrome despite her company’s $120 million IPO in 2017.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Rick and Danny come out looking like neither role models nor villains, but just two imperfect men brought together by the whims of fate and a sincere passion for their art.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for role models
Noun
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There are more examples of such calculations.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Bengals have a long history of finding productive defensive linemen in the middle rounds of the draft, with the 2010 draft adding Carlos Dunlap (Round 2) and Geno Atkins (Round 4) as the most notable examples.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
15 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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The script throws a lot of ideas out there and, refreshingly, none of them is to be taken as dogma, especially not Julian’s comment about who has the right to judge art.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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DriveSavers retains a personal shopper in Shenzhen to track down elusive models.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The remarkable feat represents a big stride for China in its technological rivalry with the US, which has thus far boasted more sophisticated humanoid models.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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These multiple manifestations of the same background body can take circular arrangements, or Einstein Rings, and can also appear as rarer Einstein Crosses.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Within the parameters of a game—where non-player characters essentially function as different disguises for, and manifestations of, a single narrative engine—such paranoia might not be unjustified.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Role models.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20models. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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