as in unlimited
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
Off in its own corner is a company called D-Wave, which makes hardware that relies on quantum effects to perform calculations, but isn't a general-purpose quantum computer.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
However, the unique demands of medical coding present challenges that general-purpose LLMs aren't equipped to solve effectively.
—Sameer Ather, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Far from a general-purpose chatbot, the sandbox was envisioned as a secure, cost-effective environment for federal employees to explore how AI might be able to assist their work, according to the program’s code base on GitHub—for instance, by testing prompts and designing custom models.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Use Domain-Specific AI Agents AI bias is quite rampant in general-purpose AI models.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
However, the unique demands of medical coding present challenges that general-purpose LLMs aren't equipped to solve effectively.
—Sameer Ather, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Far from a general-purpose chatbot, the sandbox was envisioned as a secure, cost-effective environment for federal employees to explore how AI might be able to assist their work, according to the program’s code base on GitHub—for instance, by testing prompts and designing custom models.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Use Domain-Specific AI Agents AI bias is quite rampant in general-purpose AI models.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for general-purpose
Adjective
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Get the latest runway coverage and unlimited digital access to Vogue for $3 $1/month for one year.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2025
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Flash Sale: Get unlimited digital access for $3.33 $1/month for one year.—
Eva Morell,
Architectural Digest,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Primaries not needed Spanberger and Earle-Sears can both skip competing in a primary and will instead head straight into the general face-off.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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This year is a defining one for Verbeek, who became a first-time NHL general manager in February 2022 after being an acolyte to Steve Yzerman in Tampa Bay and Detroit.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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One of the team’s starters from last year, Mo Alie-Cox, remains an unrestricted free agent, and the other, Kylen Granson, signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Jones will be an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of this season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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“General-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general-purpose. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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