How to Use general-purpose in a Sentence

general-purpose

adjective

• In a general-purpose tool, there is no sandbox to test.
  — Mike Whitmire, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• This bodes well for what can be done with general-purpose AI.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Small models are not used as general-purpose tools like their larger cousins.
  — Stephen Ornes, Wired News, 13 Apr. 2025
• The #5 is much more general-purpose and mainstream than that.
  — James Morris, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
• But that’s not how general-purpose large language models worked in the past.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
• So maybe take a year off in Tahiti and then use the general-purpose model.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Building a general-purpose version of that will take time and learning.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
• With a scope attached, total weight is just right for a general-purpose hunting rifle.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• More general-purpose quantum computing will need to wait for higher qubit counts still.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
• The general-purpose robot is claimed to be more effective than a humanoid.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
• That type of reward is often better than what a general-purpose credit card would offer.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
• One camp argues that more data alone will unlock general-purpose humanoids.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
• They are designed for general-purpose drilling in wood, metal, plastic, and fiberglass.
  — Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
• Of course, these are general-purpose strategies that work for any type of material, not just textbooks.
  — Bridgid Finn, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2010
• But true general-purpose intelligence consists of much more than this.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• Yet no functioning general-purpose web agent is available on the market today.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
• Every new general-purpose technology is, for a time, held hostage by the mess of what already exists.
  — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
• Most students today use general-purpose chatbots that are not designed as tutors.
  — Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
• The first wave, then, won't be general-purpose robots doing everything.
  — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• They were created as general-purpose tools, able to be used in almost any conceivable setting.
  — John Clemons, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• Soil Rodriguez suggests using a general-purpose potting soil or cactus mix for the string of hearts plant.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
• Sevin dust works well on most chewing insects, but so will many other general-purpose insecticides.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
• Homes involve a long tail of chores, and general-purpose robots could indeed provide enormous value.
  — Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
• The next era of tech will be about who makes general-purpose AI software that consumers want, and who is able to do it profitably.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• Instead, these tools were trained on huge amounts of text and media drawn largely from across the internet and then launched as general-purpose chatbots.
  — Robert Maloy, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
• The promise of general-purpose humanoids is so massive, and the challenge so great, that there's sure to be plenty of surprises on the path.
  — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
• This underscores the risks of relying on general-purpose search engines.
  — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
• The result is a general-purpose memory shortage that's caused prices to skyrocket.
  — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
• There are great general-purpose, all-around rimfire rifles, and also highly specialized ones.
  — Outdoor Life, 6 Sep. 2019
• Power Inn Road is wide, with two general-purpose lanes in each direction and a center turning lane.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026