Example Sentences

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Generalizations directed at either side are neither accurate nor helpful.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

Generalizations, again, don’t speak to your specific needs.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022

Generalizations are misleading; too much depends on specific circumstances.

From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2018

Generalizations like these, paradoxically, have to be appraised one by one.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2018

Generalizations which apply to Latin America have no force in respect to Canada.

From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott