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prototypes

noun

plural of prototype

as in examples

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 forerunners

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 originals

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 prototypes Product managers can explore concepts and create working prototypes with ease. — Stephen Clark, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Tortoise Gear says it's spent years going through dozens of prototypes to create the Lamprey91. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026 The team went through several design iterations before arriving at the final configuration, building five prototypes over just eight months. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 More colorways have either released or been shown through prototypes in official channels in the years since, but one had managed to escape documentation until just this weekend. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 As part of the program, Rolls-Royce will now begin drive-testing Project Nightingale prototypes. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 The event also includes product launches and prototypes, comics, art, special guests and more. — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 After testing roughly 40 prototypes, Brown settled on the final design, featuring patent-pending semi-helical geometry. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

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Noun

On a single day late last month, a citizen and a noncitizen—one in Illinois, the other in Texas—became the most recent examples of this new reality.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
In court documents, Fox's legal team noted that Thomson does not have concrete examples of specific claims being made about him.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of examples

Noun

Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
One of the forerunners today in Madeira and the Azores is António Maçanita from Azores Wine Company.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of forerunners

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Netflix, in addition to a broad lineup of licensed titles, also spends a bunch of money on originals.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
This process helped preserve the irregular lines, layered color and tactile quality of the originals and used this character within the fabrics.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of originals

Noun

An April 2025 legionella report obtained by The Sacramento Bee shows the bacteria was found in at least 17 samples, including those taken from the men’s locker room, a women’s bathroom and several janitor closets.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Lead was found in 99%, cadmium in 96% and arsenic in 94% of cat food samples across 62 brands.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of samples

Noun

Ng, who is Jo Henderson’s oncologist, noted that her previous research found that women who ate more ultraprocessed foods had a higher risk of colon polyps that can be precursors to cancer.

— Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
The coal and steel organization was the first among European institutions that were precursors to what eventually became the European Union.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of precursors

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In July, the music artist and producer spent some solo time after getting into a prison fight, sources told TMZ and NBC News.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The satellites can observe individual facilities from orbit and gather measurements that help identify greenhouse gas sources.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of sources

Noun

The discovery led to a complete redesign of the project, shifting the hotel inland to preserve the sacred site and honor the ancestors who remain there.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The small, troubled Trask family represents isolation, generational trauma and dysfunctional cycles in contrast to the large, loving and morally grounded Hamilton family, who are modeled after Steinbeck’s own maternal ancestors.

— Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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