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as in notions
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation
the idea that all boys are naturally messy is a gross generality
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as in weights
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
an important but little-known Scottish inventor whose work was never appreciated by the generality of the public
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as in majorities
the largest part or quantity of something
the generality of that high school's students will go on to college
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Recent Examples of generalities
Ingram advises people to move beyond generalities and define their values with precision, then rank them.
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Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Carl eventually proposed some generalities.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
Too often, political coverage avoids difficult questions entirely or allows politicians to speak in vague generalities without scrutiny.
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Letters To The Editor,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
But moving beyond these generalities to specifics is hard, says Thomas Timberlake, an ecologist at the University of York.
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Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Enough with the vague generalities.
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Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Be specific Too many job ads read like form letters, full of generalities and corporate-speak.
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Kat Boogaard,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Even questions about his rehab were met with vague generalities.
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Brody Miller,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
In following her to this point, however, this long-game project gives remarkable dimension and particularity to the kind of migrant story often only told in journalistic generalities — showing, year on year, how time heals some wounds, opens others, and creates plenty of its own.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Carl eventually proposed some generalities.
—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
Too often, political coverage avoids difficult questions entirely or allows politicians to speak in vague generalities without scrutiny.
—
Letters To The Editor,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
But moving beyond these generalities to specifics is hard, says Thomas Timberlake, an ecologist at the University of York.
—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Enough with the vague generalities.
—
Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Be specific Too many job ads read like form letters, full of generalities and corporate-speak.
—
Kat Boogaard,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Even questions about his rehab were met with vague generalities.
—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
In following her to this point, however, this long-game project gives remarkable dimension and particularity to the kind of migrant story often only told in journalistic generalities — showing, year on year, how time heals some wounds, opens others, and creates plenty of its own.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalities
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Blind tasting removes preconceived notions about the brand, winemaker, or even label design, narrowing the focus to wine quality and nothing else.
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In the doing, her film expands to accommodate notions of class, solidarity and privilege – in what is now a timeless snapshot of a rapidly evolving society.
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Full-body workouts can be completed at home by using your weights on both your ankles and your wrists to perform lower- and upper-body exercises.
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Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
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Lawmakers have feuded over some of their most basic responsibilities, like funding the government, while party-line legislation has been the focus of the previous 18 months under narrow GOP majorities.
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But the comments reflected the growing unease among congressional Republicans about the durability of their thin majorities on Capitol Hill in this year's elections, particularly in the turmoil of the Iran war.
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What bothers me is the foot-dragging, the spinning in circles, the slow degradation of these characters into annoying stereotypes.
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Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith’s screenplay is littered with exaggerated stereotypes just waiting to be boisterously subverted.
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Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house.
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Further, will sport governing bodies award national competitions to states like California, who do not protect females?
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Plus, Euclid can switch between zoning and planning, creating renders of future concepts, like new buildings or bike lanes.
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In the middle of Paris’ intense heat wave, both incorporated water into their show concepts, creating immersive experiences that felt not only visually striking but also emotionally and physically connected to the moment.
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Narrow tree cores – the diameter of a pencil – have been pulled from some of the planet’s oldest trees.
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But Becerra remained the clear Democratic favorite in South County, in the urban cores of Escondido and San Marcos, as well as most of Vista and Oceanside.
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Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood.
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Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.
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“Generalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalities. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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