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as in reproductions
an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size
the dollhouse was a tiny, perfect model of the family's actual house
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as in figures
a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising
the most famous models can earn thousands of dollars an hour
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as in ideas
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
she's the very model of the dedicated teacher
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Recent Examples of models
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 July 2026
McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
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Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
4 July 2026
The companies are also looking at whether simplified deployment models could help lower overall project costs by reducing installation time and limiting the need for rework during buildout.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
The blizzard inspired the use of underground subway lines and utility lines as well as better winter storm preparedness, city planning and new weather models and translation tools.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
4 July 2026
Breitling's Avenger America250 series, known for precision, offers patriotic red, white, and blue models with historical engravings like the Liberty Bell.
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
For the first time, Sacai creative director Chitose Abe teamed up with Birkenstock on a project centered around three key footwear models from the German shoe company, resulting in two new silhouettes.
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Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
The creature has become a metaphor in the AI world, symbolizing the uncertainty around how AI models work under the hood.
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Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Well, Senator Elisa Slotkin of Michigan said the party needs significant new leadership because the old models are not working.
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CBS News,
28 June 2026
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India relies heavily on foreign AI models and computing hardware, which makes its AI ambitions vulnerable to export control directives of other countries.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 July 2026
McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
4 July 2026
The companies are also looking at whether simplified deployment models could help lower overall project costs by reducing installation time and limiting the need for rework during buildout.
—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
The blizzard inspired the use of underground subway lines and utility lines as well as better winter storm preparedness, city planning and new weather models and translation tools.
—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
4 July 2026
Breitling's Avenger America250 series, known for precision, offers patriotic red, white, and blue models with historical engravings like the Liberty Bell.
—
Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
For the first time, Sacai creative director Chitose Abe teamed up with Birkenstock on a project centered around three key footwear models from the German shoe company, resulting in two new silhouettes.
—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
The creature has become a metaphor in the AI world, symbolizing the uncertainty around how AI models work under the hood.
—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Well, Senator Elisa Slotkin of Michigan said the party needs significant new leadership because the old models are not working.
—
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for models
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Just know that some logo buttons are genuine, some are replacements and some are reproductions, so authentication matters.
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Choi notably collaborated with the institution’s Learning and Engagement department on its Find Art Here program, which brought reproductions of works held in the museum’s collection to schools and libraries throughout Harlem.
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Based on those figures, Honsal said 731 dogs remain unaccounted for.
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Kids will create origami figures, write wishes on them and hang them on bamboo.
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Bringing together images made since 2010, the project draws from different moments in his practice and expands ideas first explored in his 2015 photobook Momentary, with new work continuing to be added as the project evolves.
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The festival is also a place to discuss ideas, to collaborate on projects, to discuss co-productions, to dream and be a part of the conversation globally to ensure that the next generations here will have a better future in film.
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The system conditions physicians to go above and beyond, to pre-round an hour before they're asked, to absorb expanding workloads without complaint, because that's what doctors do.
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The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.
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Some original miniatures including the Hollywood Bowl and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre remain in other private collections.
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In addition to writing the screenplay with Ford, Fish designed the sets, costumes, and miniatures, while also doing the hair and makeup for the all-Drag cast.
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Now, there are advisory boards for both historical dolls and Girl of the Year, Cartwright says.
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The backstory Educator, journalist, and philanthropist Pleasant Rowland—best known to the world as the creator of the American Girl line of dolls—graduated from Wells College, a former school in town, in 1962.
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Other examples include the Department of Justice's lawsuit against RealPage, which has been accused of helping landlords drive up rent prices, and the DOJ's lawsuit against Agri Stats, a data-sharing company accused of helping the meatpacking industry inflate grocery prices.
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Most Americans today are familiar with some of the famous examples, like Bostonians dumping tea in the harbor in response to the Tea Act of 1773.
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Other textures considered, Dulude-De Celles also fashions a film about exile and estrangement and sacrificing one’s identity in pursuit of self-preservation, about what a place can do to people.
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The collision of genres fashions a delicate niche, but Planet X’s most striking moments are its most deconstructed.
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