generality
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But what level of generality is appropriate for this analysis?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
This is obviously a gross generality, but it really feels true to me that people here tend to take a more optimistic tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
Yet, due to its generality, it can be applied to any social dilemma with diverse individuals, like climate change, for instance.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024
For both the ethical reasons, and for the potential limits to its generality, Rowe said, neural networks can be problematic for the military.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
And I thought how every safe generality I gathered in my travels was canceled by another.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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There are many provisions of the Constitution that are majestic generalities; this one is as straightforward as it gets.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
To deal in sweeping generalities a moment, the Palisade is significantly more comfortable, more spoiling and more generous than the Grand Highlander Hybrid, for about the same money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
"Maybe he knows how to "be" PM but not how to "do" it. They don't actually know what they want to do beyond the level of vague generalities," the insider argues.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
By contrast, if someone hasn't actually stayed at, say, the hotel they are reviewing, or didn't dine at the restaurant they are writing about, they'll use abstract generalities loosely related to the experience.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
There did not seem to be any further question that he wanted to ask; still less did he feel any impulse to utter high-sounding generalities.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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