paragon
noun
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence.
paragons
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pluralof paragon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Kushners, paragons of their community, were humiliated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Then again, Anna and Tom aren’t exactly paragons of honesty either.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
None are paragons of morality and very few care about more than their own bottom lines.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2024
And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024
The early data-processing machines weren’t paragons of reliability.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
