stereotype
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The whole Viking bit, which might otherwise have been dismissed as a stereotype, instead became the team’s identity, right down to the runic-style characters on the Norwegian jerseys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Everyone knows the outdated and offensive characterization of a cat lady — a stereotype conjuring images of solitude, eccentricities and probably cartons of ice cream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hipsters war have now been usurped by a new stereotype: the tech bro.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Through her media prominence and prolific output as an author, with a dozen books to her name, Steinem dispelled the stereotype of the humorless feminist simply by living.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
I’ll have to burst their “Beverly Hills 90210” stereotype of me by getting in the trenches with them.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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"Obviously there are stereotypes around footballers," Dewsbury-Hall says.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The hit man’s quest to track down nursing mothers lends “Your Mother” a peculiar but propulsive forward momentum while neatly indicting the macho stereotypes that usually accompany such action movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Elsewhere representations of women cleave to gender stereotypes focusing on their roles in home and their clothing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I try to break down the stereotypes and have a little fun with them and let them become a kid again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The museum focuses on stereotypes, prejudice, genocide, the history of intolerance.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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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
Conscientious employees are often stereotyped as disgruntled, mentally ill or troublemakers who are out for fame, profit or revenge.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
On BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show, Jessie Hewitson, Director of NeuroUniverse, said people with autism "have been stereotyped since the dawn of time".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
But he also described how he uses it strategically, avoiding “things that are cringe” and anything that might risk getting him stereotyped as the Gen Z legislator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
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
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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
The public must "stand together against hatred and extremism", she said, and urged those in positions of influence to "consider how their language risks stereotyping communities and how it unduly influences discussions online and offline".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
Institutions must take account of race, for sure, but without valorizing it to an extent that ends up compounding racist stereotyping itself.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
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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