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Recent Examples of generalist
What works with a small team of generalists often breaks down as the organization grows.
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Alla Adam, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Teams that look too homogeneous (e.g., all engineers or all generalists) raise concerns.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The Ambush Bass are ambush predators and predatory generalists (read: what do bass eat).
—Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2025
The Generalist Marketer: Advantages And Limitations Companies, particularly with limited budgets, often decide to hire a more junior or mid-level generalist who understands a little about a lot.
—Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Alla Adam, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Teams that look too homogeneous (e.g., all engineers or all generalists) raise concerns.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The Ambush Bass are ambush predators and predatory generalists (read: what do bass eat).
—Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2025
The Generalist Marketer: Advantages And Limitations Companies, particularly with limited budgets, often decide to hire a more junior or mid-level generalist who understands a little about a lot.
—Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalist
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Called the Island of Eight Flags for its tumultuous past in which countries warred over this land, Amelia Island is a jack-of-all-trades vacation destination that surprises and surpasses expectations on nearly every front.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
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Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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In layman’s terms, your portion of the Oklo pie has just become a bit smaller.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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In layman’s terms, before the development, lenses were all created from flat pieces of glass.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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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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Where Sun is a dabbler, Geffen is an established connoisseur.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Generalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalist. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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