pigeonhole

Example Sentences

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“We never would have pigeonholed ourselves into just sushi rice — you would cut your market down,” Koda said, explaining that her company’s two biggest products are its Sho-Chiku-Bai sweet rice and Mochiko sweet rice flour.

From Los Angeles Times

It was nice to take a divergent path from that for a while because I think a lot of people kind of pigeonholed me into this "Pitch Perfect" singing and dancing type A girl category.

From Salon

While Arreguín was proud of his culture, he was wary of being pigeonholed, too.

From Seattle Times

“I think everybody should be hopeful. Let’s not pigeonhole it to just Black voters,” she said.

From Seattle Times

But while UC remains an exemplar of what might be called the “blue” vision of higher education, California is hard to pigeonhole.

From Washington Post