stereotypes

Example Sentences

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The performers do polished work, although their characters are somewhat, um, bloodless stereotypes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

“This generation really sees stereotypes pretty quickly … they’ll see inappropriate behavior quickly, and they will call it out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

"There will be horses. There will be guns," but "no stereotypes," he promised.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

I knew that making the Olympic team was the best way I, as a Muslim American athlete, could help dismantle stereotypes and provide a vision of hope and inspiration.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad