archetype
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Juice will monitor Jupiter's complex magnetic, radiation and plasma environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
With unruly hair, round glasses, an affable demeanor and a taste for V-neck sweaters, Amodei is worlds away from the corporate executive archetype -- and seems to be motivated by something his peers are not.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Moreover, they are much newer than the archetype collector car, like a vintage Porsche, and much cheaper to boot—and several insurance providers are finding them to be a growing revenue source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“It was about creating the most elevated version of what their character’s archetype might be,” Marsh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It was as if instead of entering a house she was entering the idea of a house, some archetype brought to life here before her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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The personnel we follow in “The Pitt” are archetypes, while J.D.,
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Despite both athletes sharing similar racial backgrounds and first-generation immigrant experiences," Prof He says, "they have been cast as opposing archetypes in a narrative they didn't write".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
The script, written by Bertie Brandes and Aidan Zamiri, who also directs, draws heavily on archetypes in a plot that sticks closely to the familiar artist-against-the-machine formula.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
It was really important to us not to think in those archetypes, and we never referred to them in casting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Longhi speaks of him as "most unfaithful to his archetypes," and, "whatever the originals, being always Bartolozzi."
From The Best Portraits in Engraving by Charles Sumner
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