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typecast

[tahyp-kast, -kahst] / ˈtaɪpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /










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She got small parts in “Mad Men” and “Rent,” but has said she “was typecast as a trophy wife and kind of put into this box.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Well, perhaps Federico Dimarco can be typecast as a full-back, or more likely a wing-back, but in Inter boss Cristian Chivu's 3-5-2 this season the Italian has the output of a winger or forward.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

O’Hara, who died Jan. 30 at the age of 71, wasn’t expressly typecast in maternal roles over the span of her five-decade career.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

“I am up against two things now — AI and ageism. Being typecast is an industrywide issue, but I did hope that wouldn’t be the case with audiobook narration since the voice is so flexible.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2025

Dead tired, I imagined, of the arguments, of the disapproval, and of being typecast.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The Duchess of Sussex will speak with historians and experts to "uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape narratives."

From Fox News Mar. 24, 2022

Our mythic democracy typecasts the Adamses as misfits, as poor representatives of a transformative idea that, even now, some lovers of country think of as divinely inspired.

From The Guardian Apr. 13, 2019

Along with pay issues, many filmmakers are looking for stories that move beyond female typecasts.

From Reuters Jan. 27, 2018

“The question is whether Jack Dorsey on the product side is willing to break some typecasts at the company and come in with a fresh perspective.”

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2015

He neither patronizes his Italian civilians, typecasts his G.I.s nor falsifies his combat scenes, which prove as taut as any fiction footage yet shot about World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite this typecasting, she would later go on to make her mark, first in theatre and then in various TV shows and films by the 1990s.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

In Bruce Graham’s “Funnyman,” at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2015, he played a comic cast in a serious play, breaking out of typecasting.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2025

I haven’t named most of “The Traitors” third-season challengers because there are more than 20 of them, but the game’s psychology relies on typecasting on the part of players and viewers.

From Salon Jan. 9, 2025

That kind of typecasting never appealed to Hill.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2024

From some of his early TV work — including the “Land of Gorch” sketches on “Saturday Night Live “— he attempted to shake the typecasting.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2023




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