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someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation
in Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is depicted as the one knight who is a paragon of virtue
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Recent Examples of paragon
His Japanese guest, usually a paragon of diplomatic cool, visibly squirmed.
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Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
So there will be no rematch with the Huskies — the Gamecocks beat them 62-48 on Friday — but there will be another opportunity to test themselves against South Carolina, model program, paragon of hoop and the only team standing between them and a national championship.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
And while Paris is now seen as a paragon for cities looking to integrate cycling networks into existing infrastructure, again this is progress that many residents feel was a step too far.
—Lisa Courbebaisse, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
What emerges is a portrait of Stanton not as a paragon of feminism but as a deeply peculiar person—one whose combination of vision and hubris happened to change history.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
So there will be no rematch with the Huskies — the Gamecocks beat them 62-48 on Friday — but there will be another opportunity to test themselves against South Carolina, model program, paragon of hoop and the only team standing between them and a national championship.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
And while Paris is now seen as a paragon for cities looking to integrate cycling networks into existing infrastructure, again this is progress that many residents feel was a step too far.
—Lisa Courbebaisse, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
What emerges is a portrait of Stanton not as a paragon of feminism but as a deeply peculiar person—one whose combination of vision and hubris happened to change history.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paragon
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The quartet’s ambitions with Black Harbour include bringing more production to British Columbia as producers look to shoot locally from project development to delivery, whether on budgeting, scheduling, and crew management through to studio-level negotiations financing models.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Football has to become a money-making sector, with clubs buying and selling players as a business model, not as a government directive.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
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Since his Pop Art paintings in the early ‘60s at London’s Royal College of Art, Hockney was rarely out of the limelight and, more importantly, rarely out of fresh ideas for how to draw, paint, film, print, photograph or otherwise express his creativity.—
Barbara Isenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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In the end, an inexperienced minor – who has no idea who hired them – pulls the trigger.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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The consumer backlash, which prompted Lululemon to issue an apology and scrub its campaign, is the latest example of how quickly Western brands can come unstuck in a country where nationalism has surged under strongman leader Xi Jinping.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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For example, when Curacao played Germany, the World Cup newcomers equalised just before the first hydration break.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The original incarnation of The Muppet Show lasted five seasons and 120 episodes, from 1976 to 1981, and in that time some of the biggest names in show-business lined up to take the stage alongside Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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Our sacred task now is not one of translation, but one of incarnation, letting the fullness of the 49 be seen, shown, felt and heard.—
Rev. José Rodriguez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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“Paragon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paragon. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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