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role models

noun

plural 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 models To bridge that gap, Fernandez ensures Indigenous role models are part of the camp. — Liz Wegerer, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2026 Boys deserve role models who teach respect, not domination, and girls deserve a culture that supports their potential instead of making money from stereotypes. — Jodi Bondi Norgaard, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 To stay ahead of the curve, find successful examples and role models in your industry and learn from them. — Terri Eagle, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Many adults who struggle with food or body image blame the role models who were dieting during their childhood. — CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 This is especially the case for young adults who look up to celebrities as role models. — Miranda Roberts, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 Williams also recognized the importance of finding new role models for this chapter of her career. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Engelbert even talked about young girls viewing WNBA players as role models. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 Daniel, his family, and his schoolmates are stand-up role models for little ones—who present realistic and healthy examples of toddler behavior, often through song—but parents can also learn a lesson or two from this family-friendly show. — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 27 July 2026

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Freedom, the Second Amendment, the greatest military in the history of the world, gorgeous nature from coast to coast, cheap domestic light beer and other examples that would take me a month to list.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
But these examples demonstrate what’s both possible and necessary in higher education.

— Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

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Republicans have a president happy to adopt (or take credit for) populist ideas that his party used to blanche at – and candidates who would follow him for every beat.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The whole thing plays like something concocted by an 8th grader sitting in the back of biology class and doodling movie ideas in his notebook, offering more proof that Besson has never quite risen above the juvenile tendencies of his early years.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

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The confusion could muddy the narrative of having the best models in the market that OpenAI would no doubt like to present ahead of a possible 2027 IPO.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Scientists adapted data models from the Michigan project to complete both evaluations within months.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

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Sports are in the midst of a global makeover from narrow manifestations of tribal interest to mainstays of the monoculture.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
The exhibit, which professes to illustrate storytelling through art in its earliest manifestations, is a jarring introduction to a museum that houses 1,300 original works.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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