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adjective

exemplary

serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind

In a sentence

Six example sentences with exemplary, each labelled with its topic.

  • The clerk kept exemplary records, and every auditor who reviewed the office copied that filing system afterward.

    Law

  • The guard's footwork on defense was exemplary, and the staff filmed it for every incoming freshman to study.

    Basketball

  • The warehouse in Leeds had an exemplary safety record, so the company sent new managers there for two weeks.

    Business

  • The 1962 recording is still called exemplary, and students are sent to it before attempting the sonata themselves.

    Music

  • The library's drainage is exemplary, and after a decade of storms not one book has been touched by damp.

    Architecture

  • Her deadlift form was exemplary, so the coach filmed it as the reference clip for the whole beginners' class.

    Fitness

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