as in general
belonging or relating to the whole
a love of big things—big cars, big meals—seems to be a generic trait of the American people
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Recent Examples of generic
Suddenly, a generic rerun of the 1.0 version doesn’t seem like such a bad offer.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
The first half, directed by Sam Bailey, shapes into a heist procedural, albeit one where the victims are too generic for the scores to be all that satisfying.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
These products can be sold as different items but use the same app, so run generic searches such as ‘wireless doorbells’ and try to avoid those that look identical to others.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
After a drug is approved, years often pass before generic manufacturers are allowed to sell it at a discount.
—Jon Cohen, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
The first half, directed by Sam Bailey, shapes into a heist procedural, albeit one where the victims are too generic for the scores to be all that satisfying.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
These products can be sold as different items but use the same app, so run generic searches such as ‘wireless doorbells’ and try to avoid those that look identical to others.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
After a drug is approved, years often pass before generic manufacturers are allowed to sell it at a discount.
—Jon Cohen, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generic
Adjective
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The Contour Face is fabulous for those interested in general regeneration or alleviating signs of aging, but those with acne-prone skin should consider its Clear mask which utilizes blue light, clinically proven to kill acne-causing bacteria.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.—
Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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As expected, the Islanders selected touted defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the first overall pick.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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LeBron James retains the distinction of being the youngest player in league history to be taken with the top overall pick.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Orlando’s partnerships demonstrate what becomes possible when diverse organizations unite around a common purpose.—
Andry Sweet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Lifeguard services were once part of Imperial Beach’s fire department, a structure that is common in some cities.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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One of its key features is a single global namespace, a kind of universal address book that gives teams a single view of data across different locations and formats.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In that case, which stemmed from President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court limited the use of universal injunctions in cases with individuals as plaintiffs, but gave lower courts more latitude in cases brought by states.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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“Generic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generic. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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