: a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others
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Athletes should remember that they are role models.
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No, Jack Bech just wanted to spend his time doing exactly what his football-starring role model did.—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025 The Vatican considers the Italian teenager, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, as an inspiring role model for today's young Catholics.—Nicole Winfield and Silvia Stellacci The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025 Joyce Mitchell Cook, the first Black Female philosophy PhD, can be a great role model for any aspiring or current leader.—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 The commercials of the past told us that Charles Barkley wasn’t a role model for Nike.—Jason Jones, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for role model
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