generalization
Example Sentences
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This is a generalization not based on facts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
The researchers began by examining memory design in AI models, focusing on working memory and its role in generalization.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 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
Prussian Junkers had the reputation of being stiff and arrogant, but that seemed an unfair generalization.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
