archetype
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Hiding behind the colorful Southern archetype that she described as “overdone” was a renaissance woman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I can’t think of any archetype of man that fits that description more today than capital allocators that put it all on the line every day in the markets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
When it was time for my solo outing, I chose an archetype much closer to my heart: the cozy crime solver.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
In literature and in the popular imagination, the all-seeing private eye—the gumshoe, the cinder dick, the sleuthhound, the shadow—displaced the crusading sheriff as the archetype of rough justice.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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If the box office is a fair, measurable indicator of how the public feels about these superhero archetypes, guess what?
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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’s an assembly of archetypes going through the motions, snow falling and lights twinkling all the while.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
All around there floated a vast concourse of dimly outlined forms—millions of archetypes, borne on their outspread wings.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
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