1
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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2
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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3
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
Helion’s Kirtley said the timeline of the company’s latest prototype, Polaris, was set entirely by the availability of semiconductors.
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Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
In October 2023, Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems launched a prototype pair of satellites to test the company’s satellite broadband technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
Californian EV startup Telo just revealed a functional prototype of its MT1 mini-truck at an in-person event in Los Angeles.
—New Atlas, 7 Mar. 2025
Agencies including the Treasury Department, the Department of Commerce and even HUD have been involved in a study, a prototype and a working group in recent years.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2025
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Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
In October 2023, Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems launched a prototype pair of satellites to test the company’s satellite broadband technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
Californian EV startup Telo just revealed a functional prototype of its MT1 mini-truck at an in-person event in Los Angeles.
—New Atlas, 7 Mar. 2025
Agencies including the Treasury Department, the Department of Commerce and even HUD have been involved in a study, a prototype and a working group in recent years.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prototype
Noun
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Canada, for example, has announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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While Charlie Adam, for example, was a Moyes hire, his background is not as a set-piece coach.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The most obvious forerunner is Video Quartet, a 2002 work in which four screens show four videos simultaneously, each constructed from myriad film clips, all synced in a way that interlaces their soundtracks into a musical composition.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Solution #4: Charles Schwab Schwab, a forerunner in discount brokerage, has a bank subsidiary that can do what banks usually do.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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On the streaming originals chart, 1923 hit a new weekly viewership high with the debut of Season 2, racking up 676M minutes viewed.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Stewart famously played Charles Xavier/Professor X and McKellan took on Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto across the X-Men franchise, which launched with the 2000 original.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In a small sample size of 64 offensive snaps last year, Okunlola received a 71.4 overall grade, a 73.6 run-blocking grade and a 41.6 pass-blocking grade.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Admittedly from a small sample size — starting just once in the league and introduced in the second half on four other occasions — Rashford has floated in and out of games and is yet to score.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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For many years, China has been the largest source of both legal supplies of the drug – which is prescribed for severe pain relief – and illicit supplies of precursor chemicals that are typically processed in labs in Mexico before the final product is smuggled across the US border.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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This concoction of shredded beef in tomato sauce is believed by some to be a precursor to the American Sloppy Joe.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Recent funding has supported the digitization of over 2,000 vertebrate specimens, including rare and endangered species.—
Devon Akmon,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2025
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The landscape is a gardeners’ dream with apple, plum, pear, cherry and nectarine trees, a goji berry patch, blueberry plants, an herb garden, fresh mint, specimens of viburnum, various holly shrubs, arborvitae, Alberta spruces and andromeda plants.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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The ancestors of tens of millions of Americans left miserable lives in Ireland for initially difficult ones here.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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The flights will begin before Chuseok (October 15), also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day, which celebrates both the harvest and their ancestors.—
Brandon Withrow,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Mar. 2025
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In this first instance, the clip shows how the dirt hidden within the blanket turns the water a decidedly dark color.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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In these instances, customers are going to look to the leader to take responsibility and ownership of what occurred.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Prototype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prototype. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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