generalities

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Generalities obscure as much as they illuminate: Women of color in the 60-plus demographic have worked harder than anyone else to keep that sense of solidarity and optimism alive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Generalities are not always verities, though they may come close to them.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

Generalities are the refuge at once of deficient intellectual activity and deficient feeling.

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

About sixty years ago, the Intendants of the Generalities of France made, with other matters, a report of the population of their several districts.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Generalities and large political truths may help you to convince them; but to persuade them to active interest and action you must get down to the realities which touch them personally.

From The Making of Arguments by Gardiner, J. H.