stereotypes

Example Sentences

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"Our goal is to break those negative stereotypes and inspire our visitors to appreciate, respect, and help protect these magnificent birds."

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The performers do polished work, although their characters are somewhat, um, bloodless stereotypes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

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

I knew they’d have to push back against the stereotypes that would get put on them, all the ways they’d be defined before they’d had a chance to define themselves.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama