archetypal
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To some, Zuckerberg is an archetypal big tech boss - worthy of scrutiny not just for his company's scandals but also for seeming cold, robotic and ruthless.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
In a separate study published in The Seismic Record, researchers described the Maeser earthquake as an "archetypal continental mantle event."
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Garcia, a career law enforcement officer who has cast himself in the political mold of conservative Texas Democrats Rep. Henry Cuellar and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, is an archetypal candidate for a competitive race like this.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
For the latter half of samurai history, armor was a facade, a largely symbolic display of authority for an archetypal military class whose members became bureaucrats and eventually pop-culture icons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
He was the archetypal theoretical physicist: it was said of him that even his presence in the same town would make experiments go wrong!
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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