From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshining exampleshining examplesomething or someone that is an excellent example of a particular quality and should be admiredshining example of The house is a shining example of Art Deco architecture. → shine
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shining example• There are very few exceptions among composers, of which Chopin is the shining example.• But one shining example began several years earlier.• The project is not a shining example of a service that now fully involves disabled people and is controlled by them.• Their cabin is a shining example of conspicuous consumption - fridge, light, fans and two ghetto-blasters.• The Centre is a shining example of how Care in the Community is designed to work.• Elliott's decision to dig up some rather feeble research and focus on the negative is a shining example of this.• So are these lenders a shining example to the mortgage market or are they taking advantage of unsuspecting homeowners? 