archetype
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It hoped to highlight the strength of women and fight against the archetype that women needed rescuing, Smith -- who played Kelly Garrett -- told AFP on the red carpet at Hollywood's legendary Dolby Theatre.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
But for the admissions essay, the dry and uninspired robot voice turns one teenager after the next into only the archetype of a teenager, writing like a grown-up.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
At the Munich Security Conference this month, Rubio stated that the “entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West” was “born in Spain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Tesla is the modern archetype: a car company with much broader ambitions and a never-ending story about vast success on the way…soon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
The new warehouse chief looked like the Englishman archetype Obinze carried in his mind, tall and spare, sandy-haired and blue-eyed.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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