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adj. - Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.

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  • Mr. Dodd, 65, is often described as a prototypical creature of the Senate.
  • Romer and Bernstein produced a paper that puts the multiplier at about 1.5 for what they called a prototypical plan.
  • Jeff Bridges as The Dude, who Cathleen Falsani calls a prototypical lamed-vovnik.
  • He is also what Deborah Mash calls the prototypical "dangerous evangelizing lay-provider."
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