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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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There are plenty of other places to choose your role models, from schools to firehouses to precincts to military branches, to parents, husbands, wives, children, spouses.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Some members of the group point toward Portland, Oregon, as a role model for dealing with urban crow populations.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Chef José Andrés, a Spanish-American chef and restaurateur, and the only chef with a two-star Michelin restaurant and four Bib Gourmands, is one such role model who personifies personal branding perfection.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Hodes, who turned 108 this fall, is a great role model on this score.
—Ester Bloom, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Some members of the group point toward Portland, Oregon, as a role model for dealing with urban crow populations.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
Chef José Andrés, a Spanish-American chef and restaurateur, and the only chef with a two-star Michelin restaurant and four Bib Gourmands, is one such role model who personifies personal branding perfection.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Hodes, who turned 108 this fall, is a great role model on this score.
—Ester Bloom, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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While baby boomers' divorce rate, for example, has roughly doubled from 5 to 10 divorces per 1,000 since the 1990s, according to a Pew Research report, millennials' divorce rate dropped by approximately 30 percent since 1990—from 33 to 23 per 1,000 people.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Last week, for example, the Laken Riley Act cleared the House in a 264-159 vote, with 48 Democrats joining all Republicans in backing the legislation.Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
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Various outfits, positioning themselves as neutral guides to the marketplace of ideas, now tout evaluations of news organizations’ trustworthiness, but relying on these requires trusting in the quality and objectivity of the evaluation.Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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Having oil companies pick up the tab is an appealing idea.William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The data used to fuel the AI models comes from the league’s Next Gen Stats, which tracks all players and provides analytics data.Joe Reedy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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For example, the ongoing Framingham Heart Study, which began in 1948, yielded a mathematical model to estimate a patient’s coronary artery disease risk based on their individual health information, rather than the average population risk.Aaron J. Masino, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20model. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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