paradigm

In a sentence

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

• Plate tectonics replaced an older paradigm in which continents were fixed and mountain ranges rose without any horizontal movement.

  Science

• The open-source project became the paradigm for the whole industry, and rival teams copied its release cycle within two years.

  Technology

• Architecture students still treat the 1929 pavilion as a paradigm, sketching its floating roof before designing anything of their own.

  Architecture

• The 1990s Asian export model became the paradigm that every developing economy tried to copy for a generation.

  Economics

• Kuhn argued that science moves by shifts of paradigm, with one model of the world replaced whole by another.

  Philosophy

• The 2014 champions became the paradigm for team offense, and coaches across the league copied their ball movement.

  Basketball

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More Academic words

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• acquiring
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