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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
Witnesses repeatedly described Metcalf as a leader, teammate and role model.
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Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
This one plays a bit like Dog Day Afternoon, the role model for this kind of real-time tension.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Actress Jeri Ryan, known for her iconic role as Seven of Nine in the Star Trek universe, is set to hold a talk on contemporary female role models in TV.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 June 2026
Amazing mother, performer, wife, friend, business woman, philanthropist, role model, all around amazing human being.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
This one plays a bit like Dog Day Afternoon, the role model for this kind of real-time tension.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Actress Jeri Ryan, known for her iconic role as Seven of Nine in the Star Trek universe, is set to hold a talk on contemporary female role models in TV.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 June 2026
Amazing mother, performer, wife, friend, business woman, philanthropist, role model, all around amazing human being.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role model
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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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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 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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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20model. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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