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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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Nvidia is actively rethinking the PC paradigm, launching an all-in-one system-on-a-chip (SoC) that combines premium CPU processing power, a gaming-grade GPU, and the core AI architecture seen in Nvidia’s enterprise-grade DGX Spark.
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Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
Marilyn Monroe is the paradigm of 20th century Hollywood movie-stardom.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
These constellations are another part of the new paradigm.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
The Value Creation Alternative Contrast this with the emerging paradigm of value creation that has already transformed the world’s most successful organizations.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
Marilyn Monroe is the paradigm of 20th century Hollywood movie-stardom.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
These constellations are another part of the new paradigm.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
The Value Creation Alternative Contrast this with the emerging paradigm of value creation that has already transformed the world’s most successful organizations.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradigm
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There are two dogs, for example, in Bartholomeus van Bassen’s painting of an imagined church interior with the tomb of William the Silent (pictured above, 1620).—
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10 June 2026
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The 1961 legislation establishing the Seashore saved the land from development and gave the public a pristine example of what the popular peninsula looked like before the Pilgrims arrived in Provincetown and before the birth of the nation.—
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10 June 2026
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“Paradigm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paradigm. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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