generalist

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Recent Examples of generalist Eventually the pieces start fitting together and the manager becomes a generalist. Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 From there, generalists help to refine and adapt projects, while specialists elevate execution in their domains. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025 Specialization wins ribbons: The fair isn’t about generalists. Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025 Who went home on 'American Idol'? Only two singers were eliminated: Kolbi Jordan, a 26-year-old people and culture generalist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for generalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalist
Noun
  • For a once-dependable, jack-of-all-trades forward, those numbers were far more akin to his rookie season back in 2013-14.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With a price of around $170,000, the Switchblade is the most accessible vehicle for hobbyists and private pilots.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Popular Science recently spoke with Tom about his life-long love of cars, the Vacation movies, and his advice for other hobbyists.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For laymen, these molecules are involved in chemical reactions that lead to more complex molecules essential to organic life.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Still, this hasn't quelled the anxieties of anyone with a professional or layman's interest in space science.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • David Byrne came from Baltimore by way of Scotland, a socially awkward dabbler in conceptualist experiments with photography and a veteran of various mediocre cover bands.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025

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“Generalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalist. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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