archetypal

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Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

The characters seem conscious that they are playing archetypal heroic or tragic roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

But Real Betis defender Hector Bellerin is not the archetypal player.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

It was an archetypal force, as Chiron would say—something that could never really die.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan