role model
Example Sentences
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Simply by earning his way on to the Lakers roster five years ago, Reaves has been a great role model for everyone who has ever been ignored or shunned or marginalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
She didn’t hesitate and said words I will never forget: “I’m not worried. If our children stutter, they will have the best role model in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The last central bank chief to do so was Alan Greenspan in 1987, under president Ronald Reagan, who Warsh referenced in his speech as a role model.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
"An outstanding soldier and a role model to many she worked with," they added, saying she had "natural courage that made her always the first to volunteer to the ride the most demanding of horses".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
But I don’t see any backup coming from my fellow servers, each of whom has slipped into her own personal funk; Gail, my role model, stares sorrowfully at a point six inches from her nose.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
