exemplar

Example Sentences

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Kendrick Lamar, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his lyrics, is a modern exemplar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

But it’s better about presenting Hemsworth as an example, not the exemplar, of what functional fitness can look like.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

The founders’ fears of dictatorship found a real-world overseas exemplar soon after the Constitution was ratified.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

Directed by Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson, “Serious People” is an exemplar of that ethos as its oddball charms unfurl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

According to this guideline, like may be used only for resemblance to an exemplar, as in I’ll find someone like you and Poems are made by fools like me.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker