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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of typecast.

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Examples

  • Other than her hairstyle she is the same Marina—loud voice, big eyes my mother calls photogenic, and a pudgy nose that my sister says typecasts her into character roles.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • They also have a questionnaire that typecasts you.

    March 2008 2008

  • Other than her hairstyle she is the same Marina—loud voice, big eyes my mother calls photogenic, and a pudgy nose that my sister says typecasts her into character roles.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • They also have a questionnaire that typecasts you.

    Typeface Matchmaking 2008

  • Whats worse here is that typecasts should typically be along an inheritance tree, but what we get it is people attempting to make a bird out of a plane and so on.

    Java Generics erkenbrand 2009

  • Whats worse here is that typecasts should typically be along an inheritance tree, but what we get it is people attempting to make a bird out of a plane and so on.

    Archive 2009-08-01 erkenbrand 2009

  • I like that the categories differ from the usual “best of blogs” typecasts.

    Operation Global Media Domination: all I want is you…and you’re looking damn fine lately… « raincoaster 2007

  • Liu, who is Asian-American, said he was launching a campaign urging CBS to pull the show because it could encourage racial division and promote negative typecasts.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • Amy Chua's book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" typecasts Chinese mothers as tough-as-nails disciplinarians.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Unfortunately, it typecasts you, so you do not get the opportunity to play on a professional level with musicians in other genres.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Marsha Lederman AND Vancouver 2011

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