prototypical

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There Will Be Blood is a prototypical, archetypal example of purely American cinema at its finest.

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  1. Same as prototypal. Their [the Maruts'] coming to the fight must he taken as prototypical of the coming of the Greek heroes to the great fields of battle. Keary, Trim. Belief, p. 152.

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  • To be clear, I'm not a great athlete (in fact, I'm the only one of the five Flybridge General Partners that wasn't a varsity athlete in college), just good enough to participate passionately and aggressively like the prototypical weekend warrior.
  • It started off as the prototypical knee-trembler against one of the massive archives. —  Also by Christopher Brookmyre
  • A pair of golfers are enjoying tall beers, and there's a bright new television turned to the golfing channel, and there's a youngish man talking on a cell phone, looking like the prototypical golf pro. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 01 - January 2001
  • Brinkley is a bit of a hidden gem and looks like a prototypical Patriots-type player. —  MVN
  • GSP is categorized as the prototypical athlete of his sport due to his demeanor, work ethic, and ability to think and react to his opponents. —  MSDN Blogs
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