Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for model. Search instead for modeholz.
Definitions
Trivia Time
Which toy brand is known for its model kits?

model

[mod-l] / ˈmɒd l /




NOUN
person, thing that poses
Synonyms
Antonyms




VERB
display, pose
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The latest model fell short in terms of "staying within scope and authorisation, and how it communicates back to the user about the type of work it's done," Jain said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The flagship GPT-6 Astra agentic model was released in September and specialises in complex reasoning and executing tasks autonomously.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

While GPT-6.1 Astra improved in areas such as “model laziness,” Jain said it didn’t quite meet OpenAI’s bar for safety and alignment, so the company decided not to launch the model publicly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It also plans to roll out an upgraded security model that encrypts user conversations and data.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The first came in May 2006: Standard & Poor’s announced its plans to change the model used to rate subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Those incidents and similar breaches by models developed by major AI firms have in recent weeks intensified the debate around the risks posed by the technology.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

On Tuesday, OpenAI also issued an update on incidents - that occurred in June but were not made public until last week - in which its models accessed Australian government websites and systems without authorisation.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The remainder is expected to be dedicated to backing SpaceX’s internal efforts as the company works on developing new models and products, such as its AI agents.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

World Labs focuses on spatially intelligent AI models that can generate and simulate interactive 3-D environments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I seriously doubt she'll buy anything—I think she's just judging the models and playing her “Who's prettiest?” game.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Jeff Leu, 40, of San Francisco spent about $100 there on two figures modeled after his kids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact time limits and other restrictions for teen users, avoiding trial with a settlement modeled on Instagram-owner Meta's recent agreement with US states.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Managed-futures ETFs are modeled after commodity trading advisers, a type of hedge fund that generally trades futures contracts across commodities, currencies and financial assets including fixed income and equities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

For its three months ended July 31, net sales fell 8.4% to $2.31 billion, but came in ahead of the $2.17 billion that Wall Street had modeled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

When I modeled the zoot for Ella, she took a long look and said, “Well, I guess it had to happen.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Its ruling Communist Party has used five-year plans modelled on those of the former Soviet Union to set its development targets and social priorities since the 1950s.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Taking into account the world's ageing population, they then modelled how heat will affect the health of three different age ranges by 2100 under varying levels of global warming.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

She is a commentator for outlets within conservative French billionaire Vincent Bollore's media stable, including the CNews television channel, which is seen as modelled on America's Fox News.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

The 15-second AI-generated clip was posted on Instagram by a popular blogger with the online name Katya Jin, and the couple appear to be modelled on her and her husband.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“The optimum population,” said Mustapha Mond, “is modelled on the iceberg—eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

For 2027, Hosseini is modeling for Micron’s earnings per share to reach around $200, which he noted is above the consensus for $165.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

To find a compound capable of blocking BRCT7/8, the researchers screened thousands of chemicals with a combination of computer modeling and laboratory experiments.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

However, publicly available studies on its projects “are non-existent, leaving few anchors on which to pin modeling assumptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Using observations of Venus together with radiative-transfer modeling, the scientists estimated how strongly the liquid inside the planet's cloud droplets would need to absorb ultraviolet and blue light to match what spacecraft and telescopes observe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Froelick tried acting and modeling without success before Houseman hired her to type scripts.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

For the new series, a glut of huge names and personalities from across the worlds of film, TV, music, modelling and broadcasting have also been selected.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

"I started modelling the cat, and it was just very difficult, so I thought I'd do a dog instead!"

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Our modelling suggests eurozone headline inflation could rise above 3.5% later this year if current energy prices persist,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelling study published Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

References to the theories of Ptolemy and Copernicus are thus references to their mathematical modelling of the cosmos.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




Vocabulary lists containing model


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training