as in model
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
around the statehouse he's known as the patron saint of partisan politics
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Recent Examples of patron saint
For example, the brotherhoods sometimes recast their patron saints as relatives who naturally appreciated the African rhythms of their homelands.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 July 2025
Her patron saint might be the actor Madelyn Cline, who showed up apologetically late to lunch on a gray afternoon in early spring, her eyelids heavy, her hair pillowcase-teased.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 10 July 2025
Similarly, Edward Cabrera is the patron saint of good stuff with poor command, and not much has changed (although that Location+ would be the best of his career).
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Anchoring it is the Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, an excellent example of Romanesque architecture named for the city’s patron saint.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 July 2025
Her patron saint might be the actor Madelyn Cline, who showed up apologetically late to lunch on a gray afternoon in early spring, her eyelids heavy, her hair pillowcase-teased.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 10 July 2025
Similarly, Edward Cabrera is the patron saint of good stuff with poor command, and not much has changed (although that Location+ would be the best of his career).
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Anchoring it is the Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, an excellent example of Romanesque architecture named for the city’s patron saint.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patron saint
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With the deployment of models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT models, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, DeepSeek’s R and V series models, Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI and countless others, the vast majority of AI processing across the industry is already inference processing.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The 48 megapixel camera in the premium models houses a telephoto lens with 1x, 2x, 4x and 8× optical zoom and 8K recording capabilities.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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As a public institution, UVU upholds First Amendment rights and fosters an environment where ideas – popular or controversial – can be exchanged freely, energetically, and civilly.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some ideas came from experience.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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For example, blood flukes in sea turtles can lead to range of inflammatory reactions in their vascular system severe enough to strand or kill them.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Harem or balloon pants seen in recent collections are a sophisticated evolution from their original bohemian incarnations, featuring cleaner lines, refined fabrics and streamlined silhouettes.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, no one in metal was funnier, more in touch with his own bathos, more post–Spinal Tap, in a sense, than Ozzy, especially in his shambling-paterfamilias incarnation on MTV’s reality show The Osbournes.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Luxe Leather In buttery-soft leather, the funnel-jacket achieves its platonic ideal.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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These are not abstract ideals but practical blueprints for building more just, democratic, and equitable societies.—
Mbongiseni Buthelezi,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Patron saint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patron%20saint. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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