exemplary

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But not everyone goes to Harvard Medical School, and doing a residency at a large academic institution doesn’t always translate into being an exemplary physician.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

He called Van Dyke an "American hero" who spent "virtually 98% of his adult life serving this country in an exemplary manner."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“But for this crime, he’s led an exemplary life,” Edward M. Robinson told the judge about his client.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

As music “that transcended enmities to forge a connection between all the people born of this land,” Vargas Llosa writes, channeling Toño’s enthusiasm, the vals is the exemplary art form of a “mongrel nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Every year for two months Aureliano Segundo played his role of an exemplary husband and he organized parties with ice cream and cookies which the gay and lively schoolgirl enhanced with the clavichord.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez