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
Most of the debate on Tuesday was about the level of generality at which a modern law is supported by “history and tradition.”
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023
As a way to get a rough estimate, however, the capture-recapture method is effective, and of more generality than the fish example might suggest.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Rulings can be based on industry trends and generalities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
"Nothing like this has ever happened to me, and in these kinds of important matters, it's important to speak very clearly and not to speak in generalities," France forward Mbappe said.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Trafficking in generalities rarely leads to universal truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 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
For particulars, as every one knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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