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paragon

[par-uh-gon, -guhn] / ˈpær əˌgɒn, -gən /


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In addition to painting, Porter was a capable poet and a paragon of that almost-vanished breed: the talented artist-critic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Stephen Colbert doesn’t see himself as a paragon of progressivism.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2025

It’s worth noting that Weiss herself does not appear to be a paragon of newsroom professionalism.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2025

When he eventually signed on for a superhero film, it was, fittingly, alongside Captain America, that upright paragon of virtue — and Redford played the villain.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

I’m always teasing Margot about being a paragon of virtue these days, and she hates it.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Her canvases are paragons not just of passion, but of art’s power.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

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

They were paragons of the community that forged them, examples of what Latinos could do if only we could get political power.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2022

The early data-processing machines weren’t paragons of reliability.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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