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paradigm

[par-uh-dahym, -dim] / ˈpær əˌdaɪm, -dɪm /


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But to hear Florence Pugh deliver it as Cathy’s belief, and the establishing paradigm of Kazan’s limited series, changes things.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Rounding out the paradigm are the “Nahs,” or folks who aren’t well known enough to claim “Who” status.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

"I thought it's a completely and absolutely different paradigm than how I think, how I work," she added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Our cost crisis stems not from demographic inevitability, but from a reactive “you break it, we fix it” paradigm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Lawrence, whose machine and research style gave birth to the new paradigm, hoped to stave off its negative effects as long as he could.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Since then, in rare public statements, Sutskever has publicly doubted whether simply scaling up current paradigms is sufficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Higher energy costs, higher interest rates and shifting economic paradigms from the AI-investment cycle are creating both winners and losers that the credit markets struggle to discount adequately.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

Drury wants us to question not only our eyes but our paradigms for viewing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

"There has to be a change in paradigms that are at the foundation of how we run our society and the kinds of laws we create," he said.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

Today “Hofstede’s Dimensions” are among the most widely used paradigms in crosscultural psychology.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell


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