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as in stereotype
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 weight
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 majority
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 generality
There are plenty of generalities but very few details about how to operationalize the meatiest of Trump’s 20 points.
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Daniel Depetris, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
But as far as market generalities are concerned, this is a pretty good one to bring into your own repertoire as an investor.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Observe your environment Learn to recognize generalities and patterns in your environment that, more often than not, track with pollution.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Don’t let the model float into generality.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Depetris, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
But as far as market generalities are concerned, this is a pretty good one to bring into your own repertoire as an investor.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Observe your environment Learn to recognize generalities and patterns in your environment that, more often than not, track with pollution.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Don’t let the model float into generality.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generality
Noun
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There's all of these tropes and stereotypes about gender roles and women's roles in particular, especially in Victorian times, that would automatically align women's work as being within the household.—
Mariel Carr,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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As the actor tells Glamour, most were written according to stereotypes and portrayed as cold, unfeeling, aggressive, or robotic.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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The agents appeared to know young Markell was losing weight, forced to eat crappy food, whipped with a belt and slapped around.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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That perspective, combined with a strong public service ethos, has been central to NRK’s ability to punch above its weight internationally despite relatively modest budgets.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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In places like the Colorado Front Range, home to the majority of that state’s population, snowpack serves as the largest source of water.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Should the deal go through, the new company will control a majority of the TV stations in the Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock markets.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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When the weather’s warm, plate up a snack in the open-concept kitchen to take outside—the views of the surroundings fields and forests are unparalleled.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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Even games like Grand Theft Auto Online, which is about as escapist a concept as possible, opted to add in honest, 9-5 jobs in response to player demand.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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This successful integration proved that the AI could reliably translate internal tendon twitches into precise digital hand gestures across different body types.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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His body was found in a traffic median the following afternoon after it was revealed by melting snow.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Shogun, the other half, handled a bulk of the technical mixing.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
20 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota's lawsuit pertains to a bulk of the money stuck in deferral.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2026
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The notion that there is widespread fraud in the system is far more prevalent among the Republican rank and file, more so than others.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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In the press call Thursday, James and Bonta dismissed the notion that the lack of a federal plaintiff will hurt their Nexstar-Tegna litigation.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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In Geekbench, the A18 Pro’s single-core speeds weren't terribly far behind the A16’s multi-core<\/em> speeds.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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At the core of the system is the ability to read ErrPs generated in the brain’s anterior cingulate cortex.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Generality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generality. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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