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typecast

[tahyp-kast, -kahst] / ˈtaɪpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /










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If it sued them, it might be typecast as an American agriculture giant stomping on Chinese farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

As the series grew in popularity, Apted started receiving push-back from some of the participants, who felt they had been typecast based on their backgrounds.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

She got small parts in “Mad Men” and “Rent,” but has said she “was typecast as a trophy wife and kind of put into this box.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

O’Hara, who died Jan. 30 at the age of 71, wasn’t expressly typecast in maternal roles over the span of her five-decade career.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026

Dead tired, I imagined, of the arguments, of the disapproval, and of being typecast.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The Duchess of Sussex will speak with historians and experts to "uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape narratives."

From Fox News ● Mar. 24, 2022

Along with pay issues, many filmmakers are looking for stories that move beyond female typecasts.

From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2018

“The question is whether Jack Dorsey on the product side is willing to break some typecasts at the company and come in with a fresh perspective.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2015

Yet his gift for comedy means he can't help wisecracking in these meetings, and I suspect it further typecasts him as the much-loved Jack Donaghy character from 30 Rock.

From The Guardian ● May 19, 2013

He neither patronizes his Italian civilians, typecasts his G.I.s nor falsifies his combat scenes, which prove as taut as any fiction footage yet shot about World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite this typecasting, she would later go on to make her mark, first in theatre and then in various TV shows and films by the 1990s.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

Yet the controversy had the effect of typecasting Gurba as the impudent indie writer willing to torch the publishing industry to make a point about diversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

It's a bit of typecasting that stems partly from reality.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023

From some of his early TV work — including the “Land of Gorch” sketches on “Saturday Night Live “— he attempted to shake the typecasting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023

The typecasting as wallflowers and frumps confused her.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023




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