How to Use prototype in a Sentence

prototype

noun
  • They tested the prototype of the car.
  • He is the prototype of a conservative businessman.
  • He is developing a prototype for his invention.
  • The Sherlock Holmes stories are the prototypes of modern detective stories.
  • The film is now seen as the prototype for sleek, stylish action-thrillers.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • McVay was the prototype of the latest hot thing in the NFL: the bright, young football mind.
    — Clara Ence Morse, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The one-of-a-kind prototype cleans carbon from the air while driving.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The team displayed the prototype at a high school fair, and a young amputee named Ernest Priester, 13, asked to try it on.
    — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Oh no, Marco left product prototypes in the Uber with the hot guy and gets fired!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 July 2023
  • The prototype cost Demond $6 to produce and about a year to bring to market.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 June 2022
  • Wolfe, who is four inches taller, is more of a prototype tight end.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • But for now, enjoy the prototype's flip-and-fold action in our footage.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 2 Mar. 2025
  • In 2019, the team came up with their first prototype of an eco-friendly battery.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The goal of the prototype phase is to determine whether users perceive the robot as worth its price.
    — Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • In the meantime, the friends will continue to perfect the prototype.
    — Ebonee Burrell, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The goal would be to produce two prototypes by 2028 for testing and trial runs.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Well, the alpha version is the first version, the first prototype version.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • East Boston now has its second prototype of the last 12 months.
    — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
  • There is no denying Flagg is the prototype for the current NBA star – a big man's height with the skills to score, pass and defend anyone on the court.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The first test of a prototype is expected to happen next year.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 2 May 2022
  • It’s the second prototype to be deployed this year, with the first floating in waters near Salem.
    — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
  • At least one prototype was alleged to have already flown, way back in 2020.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
  • Ten months after the new Learjet Corp. set up in Kansas, the first Learjet 23 prototype was ready to fly.
    — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2023
  • Note that the Talmud sees Channah as the prototype of how to pray (Berachot 31a).
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Sony has formed a joint venture with Honda to build an electric prototype called Afeela, due to ship in 2026.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
  • McGee, who died Nov. 27 at age 87 in Gardnerville, Nev., defined the prototype.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Boutiette was persuaded on a hunch in 2017 to try a prototype of the cream, which had helped with cold sores and rashes, the couple said.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • But even the first prototype has yet to take flight, with the first test not expected until later this year.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
  • What were your key learnings from building the prototype?
    — Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Bills have been willing to make an exception on prototype if the player’s abilities and potential fit with the team warrant it, and Barron’s skills do just that.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

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