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
The horrible-boss archetype has been a Hollywood trope for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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 hoped to highlight the strength of women and fight against the archetype that women needed rescuing, Smith -- who played Kelly Garrett -- told AFP on the red carpet at Hollywood's legendary Dolby Theatre.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
But for anyone who's more familiar with the strict-foreign-parent archetype in popular culture, let's break down the stereotypes associated with Persian moms and dads.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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The sessions went so well that Morali asked Willis to front the group, which adopted campy archetypes of masculinity — cop, cowboy and construction worker among them — in their stage costumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 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
"Hooray!" he cried in his mad delight, and the mimic planets recommenced their journeys as silently almost as their great archetypes outside.
From Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers by Mark Rutherford
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