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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
She’s defined herself, and she’s become a role model for everybody in our school.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Marketers are uniquely placed to platform more positive role models and forms of masculinity.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Thank you for being a role model to not just me, but millions of people that dream big because of you.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 May 2025
To be a role model for my girls, my city, and anybody out there chasing something bigger, this means everything.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Marketers are uniquely placed to platform more positive role models and forms of masculinity.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Thank you for being a role model to not just me, but millions of people that dream big because of you.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 May 2025
To be a role model for my girls, my city, and anybody out there chasing something bigger, this means everything.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role model
Noun
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For example, the family of Martin Gutierrez, whose body was found in the lake in 2018, before the media frenzy around Lady Bird Lake, believe he was drugged while on a night out.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Mubi is, for example, a co-producer on the new Jim Jarmusch movie, Father Mother Sister Brother, which stars Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2025
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Nearly half of these offenders exhibited evidence of fixation – an intense or obsessive preoccupation with an individual, activity, or idea.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
16 June 2025
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Interacting with experienced individuals, solving non-artistic problems and engaging in varied tasks exposes you to new ideas, perspectives and life experiences that subtly inform and enrich your art.—
Kice Akkawi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Many experts advocate for training models in a multimodal manner rather than focusing on individual media types.—
Arun Shastri,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Next, Alex utilized existing AI algorithms to analyze that scan, creating a digital model of what the painting likely first looked like in its pristine, unblemished form.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
15 June 2025
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20model. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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