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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 models
The superstar singer walked into Madison Square Garden Wednesday night for the Knicks-Spurs game wearing a shirt that expressed colorful allegiance to the New York team and downright affection for singer Stevie Nicks, one of her musical role models.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 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
Now, more than a decade later, current Aledo softball players are in the same position that Arneson was in and can serve as role models for the younger athletes in Aledo ISD.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
Lots of famous real-world role models are also easy to name.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Just like generations before, Gen Z is looking to role models for career success.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Virtue ethics, attributed to Aristotle, focuses on which character traits make one a good person, such as emulating virtuousness embodied by role models.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Dukes, the filings state, started looking up to people in the television and music industry because the male role models in his own life were in and out of jail.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 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
Now, more than a decade later, current Aledo softball players are in the same position that Arneson was in and can serve as role models for the younger athletes in Aledo ISD.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
Lots of famous real-world role models are also easy to name.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Just like generations before, Gen Z is looking to role models for career success.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Virtue ethics, attributed to Aristotle, focuses on which character traits make one a good person, such as emulating virtuousness embodied by role models.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Dukes, the filings state, started looking up to people in the television and music industry because the male role models in his own life were in and out of jail.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for role models
Noun
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Prosecutors across the state have cited examples of cases where defendants qualified for diversion but went on to commit serious crimes.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Those are some of the examples on the state side.—
Sooji Nam,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Jones, a junior infielder/pitcher, had other ideas.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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But producing candidate ideas was never the whole job.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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When dozens of banks rely on the same foundation models, trained on the same datasets, optimized with the same techniques, their decisions can become correlated in dangerous ways.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The company said the referenced legacy router models reached End of Service and Life status several years ago.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The Cane Ridge Revival would become an epochal moment in American religious history, one of the most visible manifestations of what historians would later refer to as the Second Great Awakening.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Meanwhile, here are some other Bay Area manifestations of the Miles/Coltrane centennial.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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“Role models.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role%20models. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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