Exemplar

Definitions

1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
2. Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
3. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
4. A well-known use of a scientific theory.
5. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
6. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

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Examples

“A ray of light⟳ amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report⟳ stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment⟳ in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.”

“To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars.”

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