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as in example
one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like
a literary character who is regarded as the prototype of the fanatical and intolerant pursuer of justice
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as in forerunner
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
the Greek epic that is the prototype of the hero myth
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as in original
something from which copies are made
the manufacturer exhaustively tested the prototype of the vehicle before approving production
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Recent Examples of prototype
The prototype drilled through ice samples about 8 inches (20 centimeters) long under vacuum and cryogenic conditions during laboratory experiments, and at greater depths in field tests in the Alps and Arctic, reaching depths of more than a meter in snow.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The prototype was fired up for the first time late that year.
—Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The 0 Saloon prototype is designed to be a long-bodied flagship with a spacious cabin and sporty styling.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Norwegian Wool's showroom, located in New York's Midtown neighborhood
Norwegian Wool
Berkowitz spent months flying to Italy and back to meet and woo factory owners, who'd ship prototypes to his apartment.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The prototype was fired up for the first time late that year.
—Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The 0 Saloon prototype is designed to be a long-bodied flagship with a spacious cabin and sporty styling.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Norwegian Wool's showroom, located in New York's Midtown neighborhood
Norwegian Wool
Berkowitz spent months flying to Italy and back to meet and woo factory owners, who'd ship prototypes to his apartment.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prototype
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French Polynesia, for example, is warm year-round but sees its driest, sunniest weather between May and October.—
Jim Augerinos,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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See one example in the away win over Dynamo Kyiv, where Mateta makes a near-post sprint as Yeremy Pino shapes to cross.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Perfected by forerunners such as Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette, this fall has already seen two music stars gift us with lay-it-all-out-there lyrics.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Park cinema launched under the ownership of Cineplex Odeon Cinemas, a forerunner of Cineplex and today an operator of multiplexes and out of home destinations.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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The 2022 Sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre Set in the modern day, this 2022 Netflix movie is (another) direct sequel to the original, ignoring every film that comes between.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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But sometimes its just great to come back to the original.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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In total, the researchers analyzed 357 contemporary mosquitoes and 22 historical specimens, and used additional mosquito samples from a separate study, which beefed up the overall count to about 800.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a national database that collects emergency department injury data from a representative sample of about 100 American hospitals, the researchers applied statistical weighting to estimate national injury rates.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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The story revealed Lively had filed a precursor complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Trump said that Xi committed to cracking down on the production of fentanyl precursors as well in exchange for lowering tariffs on China.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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In total, the researchers analyzed 357 contemporary mosquitoes and 22 historical specimens, and used additional mosquito samples from a separate study, which beefed up the overall count to about 800.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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In both the dinosaur mummy specimens, the skin, spikes, and hooves have not been preserved as tissue but as a sub-millimeter clay film that formed on the carcass surface soon after burial.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Her ancestors were from Russia, who later fled to Ukraine and settled in Philadelphia.—
Colleen Kratofil,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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The idea was to go back to the basic foods that their ancestors ate.—
Chrystle Fiedler,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered Rio in 2020 to work to curb instances of abuse by police officers, a move that Human Rights Watch says has led to a dramatic drop in killings in the state.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Prototype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prototype. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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