The phrase "a model for today" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to something that serves as an example or standard relevant to contemporary times.
Example: "Her innovative approach to education is a model for today, inspiring teachers around the world."
Alternatives: "a contemporary example" or "a standard for the present".
Mr. Ridge said today that it was "a little bit misleading" to look to World War II as a model for today's homeland security effort.
It was a model for today's mailing-list avatars of the full-blown California chardonnay style, like Aubert and Peter Michael.
At a state level, the same thing had occurred in Texas's banking industry in the late 1980s which, in many ways, may turn out to be a model for today's nationwide mess.
27), which described the decision-making strategy for the Emancipation Proclamation as a model for today's executives: The article's description of how "Americans reacted strongly to the proclamation" said nothing of how enslaved African-Americans reacted.
France must now recall these great moments in its republican tradition and hold them up as a model for today's leaders.
Democrats think Hochul's campaign is a model for 2012 -- and they think the budget-cutting measure passed by the House Friday is an even better foil to run against.
It also provides a model for how today's youth, equipped with the tools to succeed, can lead us out of the state of anger, withdrawal and discord that much of the world lives in today.
Mr. Fast followed up with several more detective novels, including "Walk in Shadow" (1947) and "A Model for Murder" (1956), before branching out into pop psychology, health and relationships.
The 31-year-old Swiss has been working as a model for the past six years, and he also took part in the Mister Switzerland competition in 2010.
Once a model for about 2,000 community development corporations across the country, Restoration is now running large deficits ($990,000 this past fiscal year, and $1.6 million the year before).
The first time he painted his father, a lawyer, Max used him as a model for a 1982 painting of a businessman on a subway platform.
