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Examples of role model in a Sentence
Athletes should remember that they are role models.
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Having his All-Pro dad as a role model Jan. 13, 2025
The hits were brutal — the kind that would draw multi-game suspensions in the modern NFL — and the comments were just as direct.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Your challenge is to be the role model for setting a positive work environment by managing negatives.
—Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
First comes investing in safe spaces to play football, then providing ongoing opportunities for connection and, thirdly, championing community role models.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety Fortunately, at a time when immigrants are feeling especially unwelcome in the U.S., prestige projects are opening up opportunities and creating role models for some of them like never before.
—Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Role model.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/role%20model. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
role model
noun
: a person whose behavior in a certain role is imitated by others
Medical Definition
role model
noun
: a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others
watching our parents and other role models deal with conflict—Melody Beattie
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