archetypical
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Boritt, a Hungarian refugee who became an influential historian of two archetypical American subjects—Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War—died on Feb. 2 in Chambersburg, Pa. He was 86.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
When I spy Lis Smith—veteran of presidential campaigns run by Pete Buttigieg, Martin O’Malley, and Obama, former girlfriend of Eliot Spitzer, and archetypical D.C. swamp resident—I can’t help but ask for a selfie.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
With his Buzz Lightyear-like square jaw and clean cut appearance, he comes across as the archetypical heroic astronaut.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
“Clash of the Titans” was your breakthrough and it was an archetypical hero role, but you’ve also taken on more villainous roles like Aaron Echolls in “Veronica Mars,” and now Cortland Mayfair.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
His father was Constantijn Huygens, a master diplomat of the age, a litterateur, poet, composer, musician, close friend and translator of the English poet John Donne, and the head of an archetypical great family.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
