paragon

The Cox family is a paragon of old money and society, especially in Georgia, where their company is headquartered and has wielded power since 1939.

"Some upstanding member of the bar... who everyone looks up to as a paragon of legal ethics?"

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

As the hero of the Ramayana epic, he is a king and a paragon of virtue, exiled from his native Ayodhya, who comes home for a jubilant coronation.

McElroy’s greatest legacy may be her work as a dedicated teacher and mentor for scores of young writers, serving as a paragon for aspiring female poets and poets of color.