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opinions or beliefs that are held or accepted by most people
Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
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Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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Youngism, the set of stereotypes and practices that discount younger workers as unreliable, lazy and disloyal, has outpaced any other type of ageism — and the economic impacts are startling.—
Jennifer Moss,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hardly devoid of 1920s-era racial stereotypes, Vandercook at least tried to humanize his subject.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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