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stereotype

[ster-ee-uh-tahyp, steer-] / ˈstɛr i əˌtaɪp, ˈstɪər- /




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There’s a stereotype that some people are good with numbers, while others are creative.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

A modest shift in consumer behavior hardened into a cultural stereotype.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

A commonly held stereotype about Catalina Island is that it’s home to only the wealthy — people who can afford sailboats and vacation homes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"We've distilled a version of Turing that is a two-dimensional stereotype," she added.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“Maybe we should just do the stereotype threat thing. We’ve got a solid argument there.”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

Such programs help tackle loneliness, stereotypes and ageism.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Our misconceptions and stereotypes about men and women at work shape our reality—and could reshape it, if only we would accept the hard facts and work to change them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

When Jennifer Siebel Newsom rejected the term “first lady” and decided to go by “first partner,’’ she became the first wife of a California governor to signal she wanted to break down traditional gender stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

MMA breaks down gender stereotypes every time a woman steps into the octagon.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2026

Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

What the reporting revealed was a continuing debate over whether Gen Z is everything from coddled to unfairly stereotyped and how it will fare at work in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Eating disorders are themselves understudied within the mental health field, where conditions like anorexia have incorrectly been stereotyped as only affecting teenage girls.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2025

In a city that’s too often unjustly stereotyped as favoring the new, the Hollywood studio reminds us of how much history — and, specifically, pop-culture myth-making — is rooted in and around Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

POTENTE: It’s comparable to, in my mind, what a musician’s life might be like, like a rock star or a stereotyped idea of what that would be like.

From Seattle Times Jun. 4, 2024

They celebrate first of all the inviolability of the earth, and they re-enact, each time, in stereotyped choreography, our long anxiety about the nature of life.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The researchers found that buying into these false beliefs increased gender stereotyping and was associated with reduced support for pay equity policies.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

The triumphs of the civil-rights movement made many overt forms of anti-Jewish discrimination illegal, but laws could not eliminate bigotry and stereotyping.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

“Anybody who moves into any neighborhood can be a safety issue. You can’t be stereotyping just ‘cause it’s an RV park.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

"They're being failed due to early years stereotyping, inadequate opportunities and a complete dearth of knowledge about managing female puberty," she added.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2025

I even had people who were the victims of stereotyping describe the dangers of labeling groups of people.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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