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• n  an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
• n  model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

• The bureaucracy, never a paragon of efficiency, responded with surprising immediacy after the earthquake.
• Faith in the godman slipped when it was revealed by the press that he was no paragon of virtue.
• The committee members did not think that Mr Kenton was a paragon of objectivity; they suspected he had his own axe to grind.

• idol
• perfection
• beau ideal
• ideal
• nonpareil
• saint
• apotheosis
• nonesuch
• nonsuch

News & Articles

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• Paragon Financial Group Sees Parallel Growth in the Oil and Gas Industry with the Factoring Industry
  FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- via PRWEB - Paragon Financial Group ("Paragon") is seeing increased interest in factoring services such as invoice factoring for the oil and gas industry. This is because ...
  June 14, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Paragon Software Systems Expands US Customer Support Team
  Paragon Software Systems, Inc., a leader in vehicle routing and scheduling optimization solutions, announces the addition of Eric Verdiguel as Support Consultant, hired to support their growing US customer ...
  June 13, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Paragon Mort (No15) UK Regulatory Announcement: FRN Variable Rate Fix
  LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Re: PARAGON MORTGAGES (NO.15) PLC USD 120000000 MATURING: 15-Dec-2039 ISIN: XS0310510960 PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INTEREST RATE FOR THE PERIOD 17-Jun-2013 TO 15-Jul-2013 HAS BEEN FIXED AT 0.2825 PCT DAY BASIS: ACTUAL/360 INTEREST PAYABLE VALUE 15-Jul-2013 WILL AMOUNT TO: USD 16.91 PER USD 76954.17 DENOMINATION
  June 13, 2013 - Business Wire

Quotes

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• Kevin Rudd in Sydney Morning Herald
  I don't think anyone in this government has ever pretended to be some sort of paragon of moral virtue, least of all, yours truly,Mr Rudd told reporters in Brisbane. "It was a long time ago ...... Wayne said what needs to be said about...
• Joe Biden in Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
  When Clinton sat in my Catholic church, people didn't think he was a paragon of virtue, they thought he respected them, they thought he was comfortable with them,Biden said.
• Andrew Cuomo in New York Times
  Mr. Cuomo, who has said public integrity will be his chief focus as attorney general, praised Mr. Horner as "the paragon of the principles of public integrity" and said the job, which pays $125,000 a year, would be a chance for him to "go...