role model

Example Sentences

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"Being a tennis player, being an athlete, you suddenly have a different role. You become a role model for many youngsters."

From BBC • May 19, 2026

But even as shares of Palantir have fallen 17% since the beginning of the year, the company has become a role model for other software players looking to successfully drive AI adoption.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Among those who ran with Fraire was Andres Pulgarin, who was a year behind Fraire at Burbank High and saw him as a role model for student athletes looking to improve.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

He is a role model, prophet and genius who breaks the rules and wins anyway.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

I want to become the role model that kids in my neighborhood lack and to someday have kids in my neighborhood look up to me the way that I look up to John Tu.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers