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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
Recent events have shattered her image as a role model—a persona that has long been disputed by some of her co-stars.
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Oprah Winfrey, for being the best role model any girl can have.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Nurse preceptors are licensed nurses who serve as role models and educators, helping new nurses develop their clinical skills and knowledge.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But part of being a good role model and a good human is actually being so grateful for this.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Oprah Winfrey, for being the best role model any girl can have.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Nurse preceptors are licensed nurses who serve as role models and educators, helping new nurses develop their clinical skills and knowledge.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But part of being a good role model and a good human is actually being so grateful for this.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role model
Noun
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For example, episode six looks at Gary Woodland’s remarkable return to the sport after undergoing brain surgery in 2023.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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For example, Resilience — which is not flying a CLPS mission but will collect moon dirt under a separate NASA contract — is scheduled to make its landing try in late May or early June.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This is about helping people feel ownership of ideas, and motivating them to move forward.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Chip and Joanna Gaines seem to have different ideas of fun at amusement parks!—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The two most visible competitors, Samsung and Apple, do have models that sit between the vanilla and the Pro handsets, but their difference is a larger screen with the same performance as the vanilla model.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Well, the set of the Valentino show was a red room where models waited inside bathroom stalls, which was reportedly inspired by the late great film director David Lynch, who worked with Naomi Watts on the 2001 film, Mulholland Drive.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20model. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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