Thesaurus results for ROLE MODELS

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 Decades later, athletes from every race would become teammates, friends, and role models for millions of children growing up across America. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 Annaconne and Faigenbaum both said that includes children having access to safe, noncompetitive activity, like recess in schools, and positive role models, like parents. — Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 2 July 2026 To their community, the couple appeared to be role models of happiness and devotion. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Sports can also help protect against depression and stress by bringing supportive adults and positive role models into children’s lives. — Megan Gandy, The Conversation, 1 July 2026 Serena comeback Świątek will also have the chance to watch another one of her role models up close at this year’s Wimbledon. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 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, 25 June 2026 Friendships provide everything from support networks to career references to role models. — Savanah F.s. Bray, Fortune, 22 June 2026 Leagues like this provide opportunities for more female athletes to play professionally and offer more role models for youth athletes. — Latif Love june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026

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Noun

That the ideal was so ancient, and the examples so few, is precisely what makes the discipline remarkable.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
One of the earliest examples of sampling technology, its peculiar tone was initially conceived so that anybody could play, say, a flute, by using a tape recording of that flute remapped onto the notes of a keyboard.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026

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Nolan doesn’t exactly share his hero’s reticence; one of his signature tactics as a writer is to place blocky, boldface ideas in furious opposition.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
For all their forward charge, his films center narratives that turn around ideas or past incidents kept at least partially hidden until the very end.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026

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Some computer forecast models are showing a chance of tropical development from an area of showers and storms in the eastern Gulf early next week.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
These include completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) by the end of 2026, which will establish the certifiable design baseline for the aircraft and enable the production and testing of certification-conforming models.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

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In Salento, each town nestled into a shallow valley or slim rise has its own dialectal name for the almond in its varied manifestations—as tree, as fruit, as orchard.

— Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026
The persistence of these misconceptions matters because clinicians and the public alike may expect Ebola to look dramatic from the outset, when in reality its early manifestations often resemble many other common infectious diseases.

— Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 26 June 2026

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