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paragon

[par-uh-gon, -guhn] / ˈpær əˌgɒn, -gən /


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Marvell Technology’s custom chips and connectivity offerings have made it a major beneficiary of the data-center build-out — so much so that one analyst is touting the company as a paragon of “accelerating multiengine growth.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—This paragon of collectivism is pivoting toward rugged individualism.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Stephen Colbert doesn’t see himself as a paragon of progressivism.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2025

And Lord knows I’m unmeasured in other areas day-to-day, too, so it’s not like I’m some paragon of containment, but yeah, just the revenge thing, there’s a lot of schoolyard stuff going on.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

If Harry Gordon was such a paragon of looks and enterprise, why had he selected her?

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

In 2026, our paragons of masculinity are brooding, burly—and smooth as dolphins.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Then again, Anna and Tom aren’t exactly paragons of honesty either.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

None are paragons of morality and very few care about more than their own bottom lines.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2024

And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2024

Why did he keep this, when all his other specimens were paragons of their species?

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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