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Colton came across as a familiar archetype within the cadre of Alone participants: the alpha male.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
Boys may start using terms like 'alpha male' or 'sigma grindset' and express cynicism about gender roles and relationships.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Fred is the gang's alpha male, often appointing himself the leader while not actually being all that helpful, at least not on purpose.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The first evidence pointing to the unique daily problems faced by alpha male baboons arrived in 2011, when Gesquiere and colleagues identified that the animals displayed higher amounts of glucocorticoids.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
Boys may start using terms like 'alpha male' or 'sigma grindset' and express cynicism about gender roles and relationships.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Fred is the gang's alpha male, often appointing himself the leader while not actually being all that helpful, at least not on purpose.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The first evidence pointing to the unique daily problems faced by alpha male baboons arrived in 2011, when Gesquiere and colleagues identified that the animals displayed higher amounts of glucocorticoids.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Alpha male.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha%20male. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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