paragon
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Robert Redford became a bankable leading man in 1969, when “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” about a pair of outlaws on the lam, turned him into a paragon of the movie star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
And Lord knows I’m unmeasured in other areas day-to-day, too, so it’s not like I’m some paragon of containment, but yeah, just the revenge thing, there’s a lot of schoolyard stuff going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
It’s worth noting that Weiss herself does not appear to be a paragon of newsroom professionalism.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
"He's not a paragon of technical prowess, nor does he stand out for his vision, his long ball touch, or his ability to link up," said Real Sociedad expert Ramajo.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
If Harry Gordon was such a paragon of looks and enterprise, why had he selected her?
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The Kushners, paragons of their community, were humiliated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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
To be sure, "Dear Edward" isn't asking viewers to believe that all the grown-ups in Edward's life are paragons of responsible adulthood.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
The early data-processing machines weren’t paragons of reliability.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing paragon
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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