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not limited or specialized in application or purpose
a general-purpose glue for routine household repairs
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Recent Examples of general-purpose
The 63,000-ton ship—delivered to the Navy in 1987—is equipped with 1,000 patient beds, 11 general-purpose operating rooms and one interventional radiology suite.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Brown said the broader language in the bill that’s perturbing foreign investors is likely intended to be a safeguard against semantic workarounds for instituting digital service taxes and subsidiary top-up taxes — not to be a general-purpose punitive tool in an escalating trade war.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 11 June 2025
The allure of general-purpose AI, the kind championed by tech giants, is undeniable.
—Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and Ceo Of Tifin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Brown said the broader language in the bill that’s perturbing foreign investors is likely intended to be a safeguard against semantic workarounds for instituting digital service taxes and subsidiary top-up taxes — not to be a general-purpose punitive tool in an escalating trade war.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 11 June 2025
The allure of general-purpose AI, the kind championed by tech giants, is undeniable.
—Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and Ceo Of Tifin, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for general-purpose
Adjective
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Includes unlimited digital access and exclusive subscriber-only content.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
26 June 2025
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Those who subscribe will get unlimited access to the BBC’s news articles, feature stories and the 24/7 livestream of the BBC News channel.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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There is currently no room to retain Ryan Lindgren (or replace him with a similar quality defenseman) or Jonathan Drouin, who are pending unrestricted free agents.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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The author was given unrestricted access to Buckley’s papers and records and received the cooperation of his family and friends.—
Terry W. Hartle,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
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“General-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general-purpose. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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