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noun

  • A representative item or person that illustrates a quality or characteristic of a larger group or set.

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De la Fuente, soft-spoken and professorial, is also scrupulously polite, an example many of his players follow.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

"That gives us a very heavy responsibility -- a responsibility to set an example," Sebastien Kadio-Morokro, head of Petro Ivoire, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

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  • exhibit A
  • the poster child for

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  • the one-off
  • the odd one out
  • the rule-breaker
  • a whole different thing

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