pigeonholed

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Many actors are pigeonholed by a successful TV series.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As a college student, you have more imagination and idealism than a burned-out professional who feels pigeonholed into a particular industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The American actor says she is "always" being pigeonholed into a certain role due to her age but she "resists at every turn".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

It’s the ideal part for Hamlin, who says that, from the beginning of his career, he fought against being pigeonholed as a leading man to seek smaller, more challenging roles as a consummate character actor.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

Jazz celebrity though he was, Duke Ellington disliked his music being pigeonholed as ‘jazz’; he preferred simply to call it ‘American music’, and he experimented in many forms and genres.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall