exemplar

Example Sentences

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He long served as a moral exemplar; he should now serve as a cautionary tale known to all.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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

“Nigeria remains a global exemplar of religious plurality and democratic endurance,” said Dunoma Umar Ahmed, permanent secretary at Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

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

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

The original exemplar of American social mobility was almost certainly Benjamin Franklin, one of seventeen children of a candle maker.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times