Thesaurus results for PARAGON

paragon

noun

ˈper-ə-ˌgän

as in model

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation in Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is depicted as the one knight who is a paragon of virtue

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Recent Examples of paragon Yes, but: Despite the hurdles ahead, Roxbury residents and community leaders envision Nubian Square as a paragon of Black cultural and financial success well into the 21st century. —Steph Solis, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 His persona was a paragon of the hale straight American white guy spotted in droves from Puget Sound to Indianapolis and on down into the panhandle of Florida, with a wife, two grown kids, and two mortgages, probably a Republican but open to persuasion. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 As a further embarrassment, our country voted alongside such paragons of liberty as Belarus and North Korea in voting against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s aggression. —The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025 Of course, Trump was never a free-speech, pro-labor, anti-war paragon in the first place. —Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paragon

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Romeo is currently dating model Kim Turnbull, who Brooklyn reportedly dated in 2016.

— Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Apr. 2025
In the past, studies, tools or risk-prediction models have usually focused on these conditions individually.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025