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Example sentences for: emulation

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This view of sexual differences suggests that for John Paul II, opposition to women priests is not simply a tradition inherited from his predecessors or even an emulation of Jesus' decision to call only men as apostles.
But the (factually correct) premise of Victorian morality was that one person's transgression, if unpunished, invites emulation.
More persuasive was Gore's emulation of the president's style, which after about a thousand tries finally came off in one portion of the debate.
Maybe his emulation of John F. Kennedy's lifestyle is what keeps him from abiding by Profiles in Courage .