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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
Bloomberg News reported in May that work on the new AirPods had accelerated, with prototypes now featuring near-final hardware and software.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Put your name on a group idea and offer a simple prototype, because your generous style rallies allies without heavy talk.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
While companies, including Tesla, have showcased early prototypes, scaling them into something widely commercially viable is still anyone’s race to win.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 June 2026
Though two years in the making, the Sixteen is still in the prototype stage, with pre-orders available.
—Shirl Leigh
june 15, New Atlas, 15 June 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Put your name on a group idea and offer a simple prototype, because your generous style rallies allies without heavy talk.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
While companies, including Tesla, have showcased early prototypes, scaling them into something widely commercially viable is still anyone’s race to win.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 June 2026
Though two years in the making, the Sixteen is still in the prototype stage, with pre-orders available.
—Shirl Leigh
june 15, New Atlas, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prototype
Noun
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The Chicago suburb of Kenilworth and the Washington, DC, suburb of Chevy Chase, for example, have fewer than 5,000 households each.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
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This is just one example of the many good Turkish Clinics that offer hair transplants at lower prices than those in some markets.—
Malana VanTyler,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
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The group, which includes Chrysler, Fiat, Peugeot and Citroen, is becoming a forerunner in the promising progress of a new type of vehicle battery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 June 2026
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In 2007, the Oatley family opened Qualia, their 30-acre flagship property and the forerunner of Australia’s luxury lodges.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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This story’s author, StyleCaster contributing writer Jessie Quinn, loves a good deal and scours the internet to find the best fashion dupes, such as Bogg bag lookalikes and a Baggu crescent bag that is so similar to the original.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
19 June 2026
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But whereas the original was designed to consolidate an American victory, this one is designed to manage the consequences of a defeat that pushes the United States closer to disengaging from the Middle East.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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The samples are the first to test positive of the 217 total pools tested from several North Shore municipalities this season, according to Mark Clifton, executive director of the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Researchers trained the sensing system using more than 12,000 data samples collected during 157 cutting motions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
18 June 2026
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Scouts and Raiders is billed as telling the true origin story of the WWII commando unit of the same name, a precursor to the Navy SEALs, including its heavy recruitment of collegiate and professional football players.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
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Since outrage bubbled up in Kenya, some other countries have negotiated shorter terms for sharing data and pandemic specimens, and have inserted additional protections, according to the Public Citizen analysis.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 June 2026
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Branstrator said the team is now collecting specimens biweekly at Montreal Pier and monitoring several other locations in the harbor.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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For our hunter-gatherer ancestors, getting enough of these critical nutrients was a daily life-and-death struggle.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The acreage had been owned by Ruth Moore’s ancestors, the Toof family, who named it Graceland.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
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Multiple instances of buildup were found throughout the establishment, including the inside of a microwave, the ice machine and a hand sink.—
Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
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While none of these are universal markers — because in some instances, higher diversity can actually be associated with certain diseases — taken together, all of these can be markers of how well the microbiome is doing.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
22 June 2026
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“Prototype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prototype. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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