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Typical but, strangely, it never repeats (14)

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I believe the answer is:

representative

'typical' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'strangely it never repeats' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'it'+'never'+'repeats'='itneverrepeats'
'itneverrepeats' anagrammed gives 'REPRESENTATIVE'.

'but' is the link.

(Other definitions for representative that I've seen before include "Typical (of a class or group)" , "MP" , "US politician" , "salesman?" , "delegate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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