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- verb Present participle of
pigeon-hole .
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Examples
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A lot has changed since 1994, but even still pigeon-holing California as a “liberal” state never has really worked.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Will Kagan Say about AZ Immigration Law 2010
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The allure: Broad flexibility gives managers the opportunity to look for the best investments instead of pigeon-holing them in a part of the market with limited prospects.
Funds With Maximum Flexibility Reshma Kapadia 2011
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If you want more options then start demanding that publishers stop pigeon-holing, rejecting and under-representing our writers.
Debating Black Books Roger Sutton 2009
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I guess my “rancor” comes from the fact that it still keeps pigeon-holing Fillion as his Firefly character.
Beat Cop: 'Castle' brings the return of Captain Tightpants! | EW.com 2009
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Reason it rocks: Harkening back to that horrorific scene in John Carpenter's The Thing, this cover does an excellent job of being weird and not pigeon-holing itself into a horror magazine.
The Top 100 Speculative Fiction Magazine Covers, #80-#71 pabba 2009
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One reaction against this may be that some distrust the “labelling” of certain types of learner; pigeon-holing seems to beg too many questions.
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The Republicans unwillingness to compromise in Congress and your comment are both driven by the same simplistic, pigeon-holing perspective.
Think Progress » Chavez Attacks U.S. Efforts In Haiti: ‘They Are Occupying Haiti Undercover’ 2010
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Once again, I am not condemning belief in an all-powerful being, but pigeon-holing yourself is just silly.
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I love this paragraph “Rather than pigeon-holing learners …”
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It would only keep pigeon-holing him if he kept taking Malcolm-like roles.
Beat Cop: 'Castle' brings the return of Captain Tightpants! | EW.com 2009
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