exemplar

Example Sentences

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The Wonderful Company, the corporate arm of Beverly Hills billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, promotes itself incessantly as an exemplar of social responsibility and a guardian of sustainable agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

"Richard Nixon is typically considered the modern exemplar of a dark and vindictive president," Wilson wrote for The Daily Beast in 2016.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

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

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

You need, therefore, to cast yourself as the ideal exemplar of all that is best and most determined and most courageous in your people.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith