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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
As a media psychologist who focuses on morality and has researched more than 730 Disney movies, Hahn found that the Disney hero prototype is often willing to break the rules if that’s what’s necessary to help others.
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
This all-electric prototype, built in collaboration with NASCAR and other OEM partners, is designed to explore new automotive technologies and push the boundaries of what is possible on the racetrack.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Google’s Project Mariner technology, which the company announced as a research prototype last year, will be able to accomplish certain tasks on a person’s behalf and answer questions that usually require multiple steps, the company claims.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Real Ice hopes to test a prototype this year, says co-CEO Andrea Ceccolini, an Italian computer scientist and investor who joined the company in 2022.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
This all-electric prototype, built in collaboration with NASCAR and other OEM partners, is designed to explore new automotive technologies and push the boundaries of what is possible on the racetrack.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Google’s Project Mariner technology, which the company announced as a research prototype last year, will be able to accomplish certain tasks on a person’s behalf and answer questions that usually require multiple steps, the company claims.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Real Ice hopes to test a prototype this year, says co-CEO Andrea Ceccolini, an Italian computer scientist and investor who joined the company in 2022.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prototype
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For example, the family of Martin Gutierrez, whose body was found in the lake in 2018, before the media frenzy around Lady Bird Lake, believe he was drugged while on a night out.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Mubi is, for example, a co-producer on the new Jim Jarmusch movie, Father Mother Sister Brother, which stars Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2025
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Military training was also a non-starter, since the U.S. Army Air Service (a forerunner to the Air Force) did not accept women.—
Victor Luckerson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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It has been said that Nomad was the forerunner of all modern station wagons.—
David Krumboltz,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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That reinforces the original (or last) experience the customer had with you.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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His translation recognizes, here and throughout, that the original is funny and compelling enough not to need elaborate explanation, even 60 years after its debut.—
Lily Meyer,
The Dial,
20 May 2025
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Tickets for the cooking challenge are $70 per person and include three drinks on top of the competition samples and other bites from Mulvaney’s, according to the organizers.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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The sample size for Turner is a slash line of .268/.326/.366 in 44 at-bats.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Tort claims are typically filed as precursors to a potential lawsuit.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2025
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Gleason worked as a senior adviser to the U.S. Digital Service, the precursor to DOGE.—
Melissa Quinn
May 21,
CBS News,
21 May 2025
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The animal has only been seen once in 30 years, and all descriptions of it stem from a handful of museum specimens.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
25 May 2025
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The significance of such specimens underscores why scientific access should be prioritized over private fossil collection, Chapman added.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
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While tree-dwelling sloths were out of reach to our ancestors, the large and slow ground animals would have made easy targets.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The banjo itself was invented by our ancestors to bring us together as a spiritual community, stretching from those long gone, all the way to those who haven’t been born yet.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 May 2025
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One of the instances includes early establishment of large human settlements that expanded into cities such as Mesopotamia roughly 12,000 years ago.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
28 May 2025
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Hollywood has always been a copycat industry, and there are countless instances of two movies of similar natures, settings, and themes being in development at the same time and released in close proximity to each other.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
28 May 2025
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“Prototype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prototype. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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