Thesaurus results for ROLE MODEL

role model

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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 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for role model

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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
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