the general public
noun
: all the people of an area, country, etc.
The park is open to the general public.
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To qualify for a portion of the county arts funding, organizations must be active 501(c)3 entities, located and operating in Milwaukee County, organized for the primary purpose of producing or presenting the arts, and open to the general public, according to the county's application terms.
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Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Open source means that developers and the general public can access the underlying code and use it for free.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
More than on fashion, movie and sports, the two-day tribute offered an emphatic display of the impact Armani had on the general public.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Amid the back-and-forth is more confusion for the general public.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Open source means that developers and the general public can access the underlying code and use it for free.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
More than on fashion, movie and sports, the two-day tribute offered an emphatic display of the impact Armani had on the general public.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Amid the back-and-forth is more confusion for the general public.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the general public
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“The general public.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20general%20public. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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