Thesaurus results for EIDOLONS

eidolons

noun

variants or eidola

plural of eidolon

as in models

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man

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OpenAI's choice to end developers' access to its models via Cursor is not a first in the industry.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
This is why the results from the MHS research preview and Anthropic’s frontier AI models are so meaningful.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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Trying to fit Hinduism into Western categories of theisms diverges from the tradition’s diverse history of ideas while mixing internal understandings with European perspectives and categories.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Algorithms can be implemented in different programming languages, in much the same way that ideas can be expressed in English, Mandarin, or Arabic.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

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Silvester’s concept became the Falcon Study, a new interpretation of the original developed by his San Diego start-up Q7 Yacht Designs, with naval architecture by Dutch firm Dykstra, known for its work on the series of nascent J-Class examples.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
There are already examples in other sports of athletes moving between professional and college systems without producing the same alarm.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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Grossman’s soldiers might not be tidy paragons of bravery, but they’re portrayed with an unwavering, compassionate regard.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
Packed with clashing Nazi goons and ice-cold blaxploitation paragons of extralegal justice, this season went inexplicably Tarantino, opening up arteries but also opportunities for a great actor to shine.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 June 2026

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