stereotypes

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

“This generation really sees stereotypes pretty quickly … they’ll see inappropriate behavior quickly, and they will call it out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

But, she tells Newsbeat, it's a platform for her to continue the goal she set out to achieve when she first started uploading videos - boosting female representation and challenging stereotypes in the gaming space.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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