exemplar
ig-ZEM-plarnounMeaning a person or thing that serves as a model to copy
Memory hook EXEMPLAR = EXAMPLE. Ms. Tia pins Kai’s perfect poster on the board with a gold star: “Use this as your example!” His poster is the exemplar.
The teacher posted Lila’s essay as an exemplar of clear writing.
In context The old mill is an exemplar of careful repair: other towns send their builders to study how its beams were replaced without changing its look.
Similar model, example, standard, paragon
From Latin exemplar, “a model,” from exemplum, “an example.”