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something or someone serving as a basis for imitation
The thesis paper provides a new paradigm for educational practices.
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Recent Examples of paradigm
And, even if the LRDs mystery has been solved—and cosmology’s reigning paradigm saved—a host of new questions would arise.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Consequently, the warm and wet paradigm for Mars has gradually been replaced by a picture of a planet that was cold yet somehow still wet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Whether that capability can translate into paradigm-shifting innovation remains an open question, one that will likely define China’s position in the global AI race over the next decade.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
But this new growth paradigm, like the one that preceded it, is unsustainable.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Consequently, the warm and wet paradigm for Mars has gradually been replaced by a picture of a planet that was cold yet somehow still wet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Whether that capability can translate into paradigm-shifting innovation remains an open question, one that will likely define China’s position in the global AI race over the next decade.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
But this new growth paradigm, like the one that preceded it, is unsustainable.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradigm
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Late on December 22, for example, mere hours after the shooting, detectives visited Barry and James, both of them still in the ER with conditions listed as critical, to record their official statements.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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For example, the recent announcement regarding a $200 billion MBS purchase helped push rates downward.—
Aly J Yale,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Paradigm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradigm. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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