general public
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That would enable something like the notorious “2 and 20” structure, in which private-fund managers take 2% annual fees plus up to 20% of any gains, to apply in funds available to the general public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Instinct’s AI assistant isn’t yet available to the general public.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Its frequent appearances in museum exhibitions and audiovisual productions about dinosaurs have also helped make it one of the best-known "terrible lizards" among the general public.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
"It's been really interesting to see how the general public have taken to beavers and getting people thinking about seeing them back in our countryside."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
For decades the press had been reporting that cell culture was going to save the world from disease and make man immortal, but by 1951 the general public had stopped buying it.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
