generalization
Example Sentences
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The VMI plaintiffs argued that even if a generalization that most women couldn’t make it through VMI was right, they were an exception that meant the blanket exclusion violated their rights.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026
To hazard a generalization, the archetypal American novel in the 20th century was a story of upward mobility, whereas the novel in Europe was one of decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
They learn mappings from inputs to outputs, sometimes with impressive generalization, but the computation is still a digital procedure running on hardware built for a very different style of computing.
From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 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
It was at this point that Ratwatte began to speak carefully, because he was about to make the kind of cultural generalization that often leaves us uncomfortable.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing generalization
Argumentative Writing
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Argumentative Writing, List 2
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