Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete variant of
exemplary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Serving for example or pattern; exemplary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Obsolete form of
exemplary .
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Examples
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"We think its examplary of the fact that traders in the domestic markets are hesitant to increase the magnitude of their directional bets," said
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The installation also included a full-sized lead bunker containing among other things one of Kiefer's early Nazi salute performance/ photo-documentation works cited by some as examplary of the anti-monumentalism considered most suitably expressive of his post-war generation's critique of Germany's past, now set into a great big clunky monumental "anti-monument."
Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery pulls a Smithsonian Mira Schor 2010
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The installation also included a full-sized lead bunker containing among other things one of Kiefer's early Nazi salute performance/ photo-documentation works cited by some as examplary of the anti-monumentalism considered most suitably expressive of his post-war generation's critique of Germany's past, now set into a great big clunky monumental "anti-monument."
Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery pulls a Smithsonian Mira Schor 2010
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Fighting my sometimes less than examplary urges and trying to be good makes me human.
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The installation also included a full-sized lead bunker containing among other things one of Kiefer's early Nazi salute performance/ photo-documentation works cited by some as examplary of the anti-monumentalism considered most suitably expressive of his post-war generation's critique of Germany's past, now set into a great big clunky monumental "anti-monument."
Mira Schor: Gagosian Gallery pulls a Smithsonian Mira Schor 2010
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He would always get women that desire him or have a crush on him but what of being discipline and living an examplary life?
CONTROVERSY: 2008
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A future Max Mosley should have to meet a fairly high test in order to succed in prior restraint; but no defence of responsible journalism should be available to those who act irresponsibly by rushing to publication in any attempt to evade human rights, and examplary damages should be available if a future Max Mosley succeeds after publication, having been unjustifiably denied a chance to restrain publication in advance.
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A future Max Mosley should have to meet a fairly high test in order to succed in prior restraint; but no defence of responsible journalism should be available to those who act irresponsibly by rushing to publication in any attempt to evade human rights, and examplary damages should be available if a future Max Mosley succeeds after publication, having been unjustifiably denied a chance to restrain publication in advance.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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MEC was strongly against the boycott and worked with the Jewish community to ensure that the resolution put forward by a small group of extremists was defeated. as someone who was involved in the effort to block the resolution, I can attest to MEC's examplary handling of the situation.
MEC votes against a boycott GayandRight 2009
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Hammurabi is an examplary figure of the ensi, first to put the Law in written form.
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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