prototypical

IPA: proʊtʌtˈɪpɪkʌɫ

Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.

Examples of "prototypical" in Sentences

Mr. Dodd, 65, is often described as a prototypical creature of the Senate.
He is also what Deborah Mash calls the prototypical "dangerous evangelizing lay-provider."
Romer and Bernstein produced a paper that puts the multiplier at about 1.5 for what they called a prototypical plan.
"There are liquidity funds that operate under the same statutes as hedge funds that blew up, even though they aren't what you call a prototypical hedge fund," Plaze said.
In fact, Koestler succeeded in achieving several things that transcended his own time and made him into what Danilo Kiš called the prototypical Central European intellectual.
Oh, someone will be penciled in there, but it won't be what you'd call a prototypical No. 3 hitter, because the Mariners don't have one of those, at least not readily apparent.
Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic In fact, Koestler succeeded in achieving several things that transcended his own time and made him into what Danilo Kiš called the prototypical Central European intellectual.