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someone who another person admires and tries to be like
Parents need to be good role models for their children. Athletes should remember that they are role models.
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Recent Examples of role model
Not having any role model who actually did it.
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Hannah Karp, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2026
What a role model he's been to all the other kids in the community.
—Cassidy Wood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Betsy was a role model for me and my entire staff at United Way.
—Thomas Koetting, jsonline.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Some problems are societal — lack of money or positive role models, the easy access to drugs — while others are endemic to the women’s age, at which insecurity and immaturity can be crippling.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Karp, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2026
What a role model he's been to all the other kids in the community.
—Cassidy Wood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Betsy was a role model for me and my entire staff at United Way.
—Thomas Koetting, jsonline.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Some problems are societal — lack of money or positive role models, the easy access to drugs — while others are endemic to the women’s age, at which insecurity and immaturity can be crippling.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role model
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Whole fruit, for example, behaves very differently than cookies or candy.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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In Major League Baseball, for example, a pitcher recovering from a torn ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow may be unable to load that arm for up to two months following surgery.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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In 1906, efforts to combine the desert landscapes led to a proposal to make New Mexico and Arizona into a single state, but Arizona voters overwhelmingly rejected this idea and continued to fight for their own statehood.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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It's also linked with ideas about women and their sexuality and consumption.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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From open models to real-world applications, China has shown that constraints have not stopped it from gaining ground.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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William is asserting himself as the architect of a stricter, more disciplined royal model.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20model. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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