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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
The other million dollar cars included 1964 Iso Grifo A3/L Spider prototype (which sold for $1.88 million), 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 ($1.33 million), 1957 300 SL Roadster ($1.19 million) and a 1962 Porsche 356 B 1600 ‘Twin-Grille’ Roadster.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
The custom-residential markets of Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Virginia each share in the distinction of being mostly concerned with country- and suburban-specific renovation and restoration, specifically of Colonial and Colonial Revival prototypes and their progeny.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The big picture: Using the Glendale village as a prototype, Family Promise hopes to expand to other locations in the Valley, and Taylor said the nonprofit is already working on plans for a second complex in Tempe.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
After the band members were done using it, the original prototype was retired, taken apart and put in storage.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
The custom-residential markets of Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Virginia each share in the distinction of being mostly concerned with country- and suburban-specific renovation and restoration, specifically of Colonial and Colonial Revival prototypes and their progeny.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The big picture: Using the Glendale village as a prototype, Family Promise hopes to expand to other locations in the Valley, and Taylor said the nonprofit is already working on plans for a second complex in Tempe.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
After the band members were done using it, the original prototype was retired, taken apart and put in storage.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prototype
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For example, Private Relay obscures your IP address while browsing the web using Safari.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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This evolutionary partnership is still intact to this day, with leafcutter ants being the prime example.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Being a forerunner in your circle will put you in a good position and enable you to quickly field new possibilities, offering advantages.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Lilly developed its forerunner more than 30 years prior, according to reporting from FiercePharma. Market pricing for prescription drugs creates the incentives that perpetuate this cycle of innovation.Sally Pipes, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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This same supple material covers the rear fold-down seat, door panels, and dash, giving the Mustang’s cabin a much higher quality look and feel than the originals ever had.Karl Brauer, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The movie bombed with critics and has earned just over $200 million at the worldwide box office after one month in theaters, a far cry from the $1 billion gross of the 2019 original.Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Where to download a sample ballot Jefferson County residents can download a sample ballot from the Jefferson County Clerk's Office here.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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Swing state polls, past election results Here are some recent polls taken in the battleground states, with the dates they were conducted, sample size and their margin of error as well as the last two election results in each state.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, vast quantities of a precursor chemical for amphetamines, benzyl methyl ketone, or BMK, were exported from various Western countries to the Middle East.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nearly all the precursor chemicals that are needed to make fentanyl come from China.CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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However, it had already been known to local communities who had documented several specimens earlier.Scott Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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So there’s this alien symbiote, see, who makes its way to Earth and ends up being studied alongside several other specimens in a lab.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
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John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough and an ancestor of Winston’s, drew his sword to protect the prince from the panicking crowd, and Samuel Pepys, the celebrated diarist and Royal Navy administrator, witnessed the sinking.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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How brujas use spirituality to honor the ancestors on Día de Muertos.Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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There were also a few instances of vitriolic comments.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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However, the grocery salmon was not labeled in ways that uniformly benefitted the stores and there were no instances where farmed salmon was falsely advertised as wild.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Prototype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prototype. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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