pigeonhole
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To see how we’ve evolved from the era of pigeonhole desks to today’s Zoom calls, it’s worth taking a close look at 10 landmark inventions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
"Aerospace has something for people with different backgrounds, different qualifications, there's so much variety. So don't pigeonhole yourself, there really is something for everyone here."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
Regarding, Laura's edit: The show needs a villain, and in many instances, they try to pigeonhole someone who doesn't, in any way, fit those criteria.
From Salon ● May 22, 2024
I’ve noticed that messages from readers increasingly tend to pigeonhole, label or categorize.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
When the knock came on her door she put the envelopes in a pigeonhole of her desk.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Somewhere along the way if you're a young actor coming up, you can bet there are pigeonholes for everyone.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
From left: Withings ScanWatch, Fossil Hybrid HR, Skagen Jorn, Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid What bothers me about the Stella design is how it somewhat pigeonholes your style.
From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2022
“At this point in my career, I have a reasonably good sense of the pigeonholes that I’ve either carved out for myself or been jammed into over the past couple of decades,” said Helms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
His musical tastes were broad, and he was already resisting pigeonholes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2017
She put all of her papers neatly in the pigeonholes of her desk, and when Joe brought the tea tray she had him put it beside her bed.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Sometimes pigeonholed as just a goalscorer, Haaland has 24 assists in three seasons for Manchester City in the Premier League and Europe, compared with 26 at Bayern for Kane.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Jeff Li felt pigeonholed in his job in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
“You can get pigeonholed really quickly,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
With a roughed-up face that defied Hollywood glamour, Hackman helped carve a path for unconventional leading men who in another era might have been pigeonholed as side characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Second, developmental sequences are not invariant, so examples pigeonholed under the same stage are inevitably heterogeneous.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
A whistleblower has told Panorama there was a "pattern" of "pigeonholing" small businesses as "distressed" when they were "salvageable".
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
Aside from the expressive art, “the story is not so much a story as an affirmation, about identity and being open to change and not pigeonholing yourself.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
It seems he had a bit of a fixation there for a couple of decades, but beyond that he defies pigeonholing.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023
A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are,” guitarist Hetfield explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
It offers no nifty formulas for pigeonholing people or decoding folkways and manners.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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