Model

Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.

The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.

The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.

The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.

I had my father’s signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.

You have here the models of ſeveral ancient Temples, though the Temples themſelves, and the Gods that vvere vvorſhipped in them, are periſhed many hundred years ago.

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The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.

The trouble is, all those well-intentioned scientists who are arguing that we’re not in any imminent danger are basing their arguments on computer models. I’m basing mine on what’s actually happening.

The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.

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He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.

This year’s model features four doors instead of two.

Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It’s a Buick LaCrosse.

The team developed a sound business model.

Near-synonym: (person) role model

He was a model of eloquence and virtue.

British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow.

Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.

Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

They studied fasting and glycemia in a mouse model.

They studied Mendelian inheritance in a fruit fly model.

They studied plasmid transfer in a mycobacterial model.

Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.

[...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]

Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.

[...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.

True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).

At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]

But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.

It is as model as you can get.

While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]

All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.

She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.

They modelled weather patterns using a computer.

What passenger growth might be achieved by this can be modelled, but experience shows that in the post-COVID environment, accurate modelling is exceptionally difficult.

He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.

The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.

The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.