exemplar
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Ockenden's report outlined the "exemplar case", which led to the review into post-death care at the trust.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
By that measure, Mr. Sasse, you’re an exemplar of a life well lived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Kendrick Lamar, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his lyrics, is a modern exemplar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
This novel, winner of the Booker Prize, uses a blunt, clipped style to advantage, exposing Istvan as an exemplar of both toxic masculinity and hinting at what’s required to escape it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 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
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Both of them viewed Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia as exemplars of an entirely new political system, unknown to previous students of political philosophy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
That program, sponsored by John Entenza’s Arts & Architecture magazine from 1945 to 1966, yielded 25 completed homes, today considered top exemplars of Midcentury home design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
He added: "I think we absolutely need people to be exemplars of the BBC values and follow our social media policy. It's as simple as that."
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
While tragedy taught through mythic exemplars, Athenian comedy tackled current politics directly.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
Churchill consciously marshaled, as the best orators will, not only the language of the past but its history to his cause- invoking Drake and Nelson as exemplars and, implicitly, allies in the struggle.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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