archetype

The horrible-boss archetype has been a Hollywood trope for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The unifying archetype of the femme fatale, however, elevated Laferte’s songbook to a new level of cinematic noir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Cars are like the archetype of human industrial design,” Bhatt told me in San Carlos, Calif., where we sat down for The WSJ Money Interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Many of the AI country tunes tap into the genre's archetype of the lone cowboy: a rugged, taciturn, plain-spoken man who, above all, refuses to apologize for simply existing.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

And now I wish I hadn't said anything about this archetype dude because I hate looking up stuff in his stupid dictionary.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

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

Somehow we keep coming back to the other revolutions, especially the second—the rise of the rails—as our archetypes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Often great liberties in the way of revision and even abridgment of the text were taken by the scholars of the time, and, once transcribed, the old archetypes were neglected or even destroyed.

From The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James