model

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This would let the FDA identify problems with a specific MODEL.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016

MODEL: "The amiable qualities of Joseph Warren caused his death to be deeply regretted by all Americans."—What noun can you form from "amiable," meaning the quality of being amiable?—What is the negative of "amiable"? Ans.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

THE "NEW MODEL" IS DISBANDED.—This same Parliament, mindful of how the army had ruled preceding ones, took care to disband, as soon as possible, the "New Model."

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

MODEL: "That we sometimes have antipathies which we cannot explain is well illustrated in the lines: 'The reason why I cannot tell, I do not like you, Dr. Fell.'"

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William

MODEL: "During the Middle Ages some of the Italian republics, as Genoa and Venice, were under the rule of an oligarchy."

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by Swinton, William