pigeonhole
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To see how we’ve evolved from the era of pigeonhole desks to today’s Zoom calls, it’s worth taking a close look at 10 landmark inventions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
“If within being pigeonholed I can create a rich acting experience — which is why I became an actor — pigeonhole me, go ahead,” Bell says.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
I’ve noticed that messages from readers increasingly tend to pigeonhole, label or categorize.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
And I don't know, it's just weird to get a kid who's talented, and pigeonhole them to writing about some topic that you feel the rest of the newsroom doesn't know about.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2024
This bit of common sense, sometimes termed the pigeonhole or Dirichlet drawer principle, can occasionally be used to derive claims that are not so obvious.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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