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archetypal

[ahr-ki-tahy-puhl] / ˌɑr kɪˈtaɪ pəl /


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Garcia, a career law enforcement officer who has cast himself in the political mold of conservative Texas Democrats Rep. Henry Cuellar and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, is an archetypal candidate for a competitive race like this.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

For the latter half of samurai history, armor was a facade, a largely symbolic display of authority for an archetypal military class whose members became bureaucrats and eventually pop-culture icons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

His early characters were consistently archetypal, plucked from the average high school experience.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

I also think we want these archetypal angels in women's sport, who are role models, do everything perfectly and say all the right things.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Working with crystals, Pauling had found that proteins frequently folded into an archetypal substructure—a single helix coiled like a spring.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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