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stereotype

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




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Legacy preferences have fed a stereotype of USC as a college for the wealthy and well connected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She dismantled the stereotype by showing them the science of what she does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rosval pushed directly against the stereotype of the angry, aggressive chef who treats the kitchen like a battlefield.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Hipsters war have now been usurped by a new stereotype: the tech bro.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

It’s so perfectly Texas, and yet, completely beyond the stereotype.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Wiseman says the show has yet to specifically talk about Bram Stoker’s bloodthirsty Count Dracula, but Port says the Halloween episode will discuss the coven’s distaste for vampire stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

As for Holbrook, he portrays a painfully ordinary U.S. soldier — the kind who impetuously signed up in response to 9/11 — while pushing against reductive stereotypes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Obviously there are stereotypes around footballers," Dewsbury-Hall says.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

For those concerned the game might lean into any typical Scottish stereotypes, McKellan told me he wanted it to feel "authentic and natural".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He told some people precisely what the experiment was about and told them explicitly to avoid stereotypes based on race.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

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

If maybe, just maybe, I’d been so determined not to be stereotyped that I’d begun to stereotype everyone around me.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

For years, campuses taught students to recognize prejudice and the dangers of stereotyping minorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Instead, she said it leaned into sentimentality and stereotyping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

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

This stereotyping of guards was particularly interesting to me.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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