Definitive
Definitive adjective - Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated.
Usage example: Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade is often cited as the definitive hard-boiled private detective
Model and definitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Model" instead an adjective "Definitive".
Model
Model adjective - Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated.
Usage example: why can't you be like your sister, who is such a well-behaved model child?
Definitive and model are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Definitive" instead an adjective "Model".
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Instead, all of its features that could be applied to the T-34 without stopping the production (like a new transmission and new variant of the V-2 engine) were transferred to the old workhorse model along with a new, three-man turret, resulting in the definitive T-34-85 model.
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He also drew the definitive Bugs Bunny model sheet in 1943 (which ironically he didn't use himself when he began directing; see below).
Source: Creator / Robert McKimson
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