exemplars

noun
  1. 1

    Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.

  2. 2

    A role model.

  3. 3

    Something typical or representative of a class; an example.

  4. 4

    A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.

  5. 5

    A well known usage of a scientific theory.

  6. 6

    A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.

  7. 7

    A copy of a book or piece of writing.

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