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stereotype

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




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

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

In an April 2015 interview shortly after Bumble's launch, Herd Wolfe told the Toronto Star it was a "stereotype to say women like to sit back and want men to come to them".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The findings build on Levy’s stereotype embodiment theory.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

On both sides there’s an increased desire to shape kids’ futures and buck the absent-father stereotype.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

But I’m not gonna stereotype the whole white race just for a few bigots.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

Title IX was meant to combat demeaning and exclusionary sex stereotypes.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

Jennifer Siebel Newsom signaled she wanted to break down gender stereotypes by taking on the title “first partner” rather than “first lady,” but this could open her up to criticism too.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Such programs help tackle loneliness, stereotypes and ageism.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Advocates and researchers say this practice perpetuates negative stereotypes and harms the lives and business of real people.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Those of us in the civil rights community are not immune to the racial stereotypes that pervade media imagery and political rhetoric; nor do we operate outside of the political context.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

"A lot of this comes down to shared problems that we have in the South Asian community of how South Asian boys and how South Asian girls might be stereotyped amongst football," she says.

From BBC Jan. 24, 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

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

Straightway a meeting was called among the colored people, under the stereotyped notice, “Business of importance!”

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

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

Baxter abolished gender stereotyping before the phrase was invented.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

The stereotyping bothers her, but in school, “People actually found it really interesting and cool” that she had two dads.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 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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