patron saints

noun

plural of patron saint
as in models
someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation around the statehouse he's known as the patron saint of partisan politics

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Recent Examples of patron saints Rita then prayed to her patron saints — John the Baptist, Augustine of Hippo, and Nicholas of Tolentino — while setting out to establish peace between the families involved in her husband's murder. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The long history of psychedelics and religion is filled with scientists, anthropologists, mystics, shamans, outlaws, and prophets, but these two men are, more than any others, the patron saints of our current psychedelic revival. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Columnist Gustavo Arellano says voters should pray extra hard to these patron saints for the 2026 election. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Last year’s Patriots were painted as the patron saints of soft schedules. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The crochet, the suede, the fringe; its patron saints Kate Moss and Sienna Miller. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 July 2026 Spanish towns and cities also regularly honor local patron saints with fiestas. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026 Anybody heading into the spring with a seasonably cheerful and rosy view of world affairs will be well-met by the return of the patron saints of drone metal, pulling on their cloaks to herald our everlong winter. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026 There the grave still is, of Ireland’s three patron saints, under a granite slab added at the start of the 20th century to stop pilgrims stealing soil from the site. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
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  1. models
  2. ideas
  3. examples
  4. incarnations
Noun
  • The team used those models to guide fabrication and optimize the final device.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The forecast notes that some models are calling for rain to arrive later, so there’s still a chance Saturday evening could be dry.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of models
Noun
  • Copyright protects a program’s code, Grimmelmann says, but not the algorithms and ideas the code implements.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Almost all the controls were electronic buttons, and the dashboard was entirely digital—two ideas that sound reasonable today but were nightmarishly complex in the mid-1970s.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • The world’s highest-profile tech billionaires offer the most conspicuous examples.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The original plan for 25 street-legal M6 GTs was eventually altered to 50 examples due to FIA requirements, but production never came to fruition, derailed by the 32-year-old McLaren’s death during testing at Goodwood in 1970.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of examples
Noun
  • The Furby, a robotic plush toy that has undergone many incarnations since its invention interacts with its owners and even farts.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The trick to enjoying the latest incarnations of great British TV detectives?
    — Bobby Ghosh, Air Mail, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of incarnations

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