exemplar
noun
a model or pattern to be copied or imitated.
exemplars
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pluralof exemplar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As for the so-called Mediterranean diet—which uses the cuisines of countries such as Greece and Italy as exemplars of healthy eating—it too indulges in some mythmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
They are the exemplars that we hold up as something that’s wrong and must never happen again.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
He added: "I think we absolutely need people to be exemplars of the BBC values and follow our social media policy. It's as simple as that."
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
Additionally, the movement from domestic mayhem to cosmic absurdity evokes the works of Paula Vogel and Sarah Ruhl, American exemplars of magic realism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
I commended these three men as individuals, not as representatives of the court or of the state or even of their race, but as exemplars of human decency under adversity.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
