stereotypes

Example Sentences

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Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who said his beard began as a “symbolic middle finger” to stereotypes of Muslims as terrorists, is the first New York City mayor with a beard in over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“A lot of the stereotypes of the West Coast are surfer boy or doesn’t take it seriously,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

"A dedicated broadcast slot for women's football would provide consistent coverage, grow audiences and challenge persistent gender stereotypes."

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

There’s plenty of furtive gags like this throughout “Up in Smoke”: police incompetence, absent parents, anti-war rhetoric and racial stereotypes that function as satire.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

People who think they are Native American but but have not grown up in a Native community may lack tribally specific knowledge and are vulnerable to stereotypes and other misconceptions about being Native.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz