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noun

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Adjective
Meanwhile, Mike Conley has played 14 minutes total this preseason, as Minnesota preserves its veteran floor general for when the games start to count. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2025 What To Know While speaking with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Friday, Mamdani was asked about his conversation with the state's attorney general. Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
The 57-year-old son of a schoolteacher, Munir ran Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency before becoming top general in 2022. Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025 The One & Only chain, in general, is my favorite hotel. Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general
Adjective
  • More than 60% of European companies cite regulation as an obstacle to investment, and most see it as their biggest challenge overall.
    Jan Hammer, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the same names in the hosting category were named in the overall talk show category this year as well, including The Drew Barrymore Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show and Live with Kelly and Mark.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Those connections have led some critics to argue that Devin Talbott’s political and business roles fit within a broader Democratic establishment network.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The LNPs were injected carrying the Pdha2 mRNA into the rete testis to ensure broad delivery throughout the seminiferous tubules.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Dissent is nothing more than the expression of an opinion that varies from the prevailing or traditional view or the position held by those in power.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Please consider supporting local journalism and getting unlimited digital access.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month.
    Wes Gordon, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The club’s executives argue this could then impact the fee negotiated for the renewal or the signing of another centre-back.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The series is created, written, directed and executive produced by Levinson and produced in partnership with A24.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The pens are interchangeable with glargine, the generic alternative for Lantus, a once-a-day injection that regulates blood sugar.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But these complaints do not negate the actual successes of inflation, nor its ability to make truly generic predictions.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Observers have noted that many of these officials were missing from public view for several months.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Other issues brought up at the meeting included ongoing construction, public safety and a lack of sufficient workforce housing.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The other reality is that what looked like a star-laden unrestricted-free-agent crop for July 2026 is already pretty thinned out at the top with all the re-signings.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Mainly, as Marks mentioned, the Knicks and Mitchell did not agree to a contract extension this summer, and he is set to become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025

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“General.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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