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Recent Examples of generalist
Eventually the pieces start fitting together and the manager becomes a generalist.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalist
Noun
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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
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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
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The lower level of the five-bedroom, nine-bath residence is dedicated to hobbyists, whether that means putting on your favorite film in the plush home theater or pouring a glass of wine from one of the labels in the 800-bottle cellar.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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The deal gives Qualcomm direct access to the tinkerers, hobbyists and companies at the lowest levels of the robotics industry.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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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
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In layman’s terms, that means partner universities will be adjusting course to target skills that employers have identified aren’t being taught in a classroom setting.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 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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“Generalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalist. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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