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

Other highlights include a sterling silver exemplar of “Box of Smile,” which is a small box containing a mirror inside.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

Levi’s tennis partner, Cooper Schwartz, said in a post on Instagram that his friend was the “greatest work hard, play hard exemplar of all time.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

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

From Slate • Feb. 21, 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