generalization
Example Sentences
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This is a generalization not based on facts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
There are tens of thousands of undocumented university students in higher education throughout the country, so you can’t make this kind of generalization as a justification for engaging in arrest.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
But what Jones and Whewell showed was that, specifically related to agricultural land, Ricardo had crafted a huge generalization that didn't map onto the reality of the situation.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025
Then it models how much each algorithm's performance would degrade if it were transferred to each other task, a concept known as generalization performance.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
