role models

noun

plural of role model
as in examples
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 bears in sleeping caps and nightgowns on the box are excellent role models. — Alicia Oltuski, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026 Kelso added that the rising Gen Z generation is predisposed to think about launching business, in part because of the role models provided by Alba and other determined stars-turned-entrepreneurs. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026 His classmates were the sons of some of Greenwich’s richest country club members, and as a teenager Marc adopted these men as role models, studied their careers. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 The final score was the high school Bluejays 32 to the dads/role models 28. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 It was recently honored with an Albie Award from the Maysles Documentary Center, an award honoring those who inspire, not only through their work, but also through their roles as mentors, role models, and champions of social justice. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026 The initiative aims to demystify finance and show students role models from different backgrounds. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Many became lifelong friends, and role models for me as husbands, fathers, workers and community servants. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 Define behaviors that reflect company values, identify role models and promptly address conduct that undermines those values. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
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  1. examples
  2. ideas
  3. models
  4. manifestations
Noun
  • The scenarios in which these tradeoffs may take place are wide-ranging, with the Anthropic researchers citing opening an auto plant, downsizing a company, and manipulating election sentiment as examples.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Others asked about the lack of Taiwan-specific production examples illustrating copyright disputes and legal responsibilities, given the presentation’s reliance on international cases.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of examples
Noun
  • Doing so will help demonstrate your research, credit the sources of your information and ideas, and allow your readers to find and evaluate those sources.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Eventually, older print publications like the Atlantic began putting more content online and the marketplace of online ideas grew.
    — Ted Anthony, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • Anthropic said conversations within the Personal Finance hub will not be used to train its models.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Climate models suggest that the Barnes Ice Cap will likely be gone entirely in the future.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of models
Noun
  • All over the French capital, shop owners and restaurateurs have boarded up their windows against les manifestations—protests over a lack of education funding which have frequently devolved into rioting.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of manifestations

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