modelling
Britishnoun
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the act or an instance of making a model
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the practice or occupation of a person who models clothes
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a technique in psychotherapy in which the therapist encourages the patient to model his behaviour on his own
Example Sentences
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In an interview with People magazine, Mandava described modelling as "this magical, whimsical and nurturing thing".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Kiribati's Ministry of Fisheries says that preliminary modelling showed that it "could lose more than $10m in fishing access fees per year" by 2050 if global greenhouse gas emissions remained high.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Zampolli is an Italian-American socialite, businessman and founder of a modelling agency, who claims to have introduced Trump to his current wife Melania Trump.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Guidance for second-quarter revenue was upped to growth of between $39 billion and $40.2 billion versus what analysts are currently modelling around $38 billion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
I remember a time when I could only have been five or six, sitting at a low table beside Amanda C., our hands clammy with modelling clay.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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