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archetypal

[ahr-ki-tahy-puhl] / ˌɑr kɪˈtaɪ pəl /


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Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Within minutes, we’d found a red-capped, white-dotted Amanita muscaria, the archetypal fairy-tale mushroom, which felt like spotting a celebrity in the grocery store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

But Real Betis defender Hector Bellerin is not the archetypal player.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Though untrained as an architect, he came up with a design that was simple, memorable, and archetypal.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser