1
as in usually
according to the usual course of things
after lunch we generally go for a walk
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2
as in mostly
for the most part
generally, I don't care for raw vegetables
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Recent Examples of generally
The late Thursday announcement did not say why the deputies had been removed, but such removals are generally tied to corruption investigations.
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ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Rhode Island environmental authorities generally frown on dumping snow cleared off the streets into bodies of water.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
Alleviate Tax receives generally strong ratings across major review platforms, though feedback is mixed, as with most companies in this industry.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Seeds are generally viable up to four years.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Rhode Island environmental authorities generally frown on dumping snow cleared off the streets into bodies of water.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
Alleviate Tax receives generally strong ratings across major review platforms, though feedback is mixed, as with most companies in this industry.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Seeds are generally viable up to four years.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generally
Adverb
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It is made available to other agencies as needed about 200 days out of the year, usually for a fee to cover the cost of operations.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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LeetCode is a training platform for the kind of algorithmic riddles that usually crop up in interviews for big tech companies.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jones, a 61-year-old permanent resident originally from Nashville, said the magazine's readers are mostly American and Canadian tourists who flock to Puerto Vallarta, which has long been a global LGBTQ+ tourist hub.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Eco effort Like most places in this wildfire-prone part of the state, landscaping is kept to mostly native or drought-tolerant plants that don’t require a huge amount of water.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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That’s because more of these people are often snowshoe hikers who normally avoid steep terrain.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Those are the players in recent memory who’ve commanded the kind of draft capital that reshapes franchises — the sort of seismic move that mortgages a future and, in return, attaches expectations normally reserved for franchise-carrying superstars.—
Kristian Winfield,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
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Steve Madeley has been a journalist for almost 25 years, including nearly 20 years covering sport, mainly football.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Walters was referring to fund managers’ ability to drive earnings through concrete changes within portfolio companies, such as pricing discipline, working-capital improvements and management upgrades rather than relying mainly on cheap debt to chase valuation multiples.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of visitors from across the country typically come to get a close-up look of the spectacle during the growing season, which runs through Mother’s Day, May 10.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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When served at Spanish restaurants, charcuterie and cheese boards typically come with tasting instructions.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Cornyn’s campaign and a half-dozen allied groups have poured more than $63 million into the race since last fall, chiefly trying to slow Paxton but recently attacking Hunt in an effort to keep him from making it to the runoff.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Cornyn's campaign and a half-dozen allied groups have poured more than $63 million into the race since last fall, chiefly trying to slow Paxton but recently attacking Hunt in an effort to keep him from making it to the runoff.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This is a volcanic island with steep hills, unpaved trails, and accommodations scattered across a ridge accessible primarily by golf cart.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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There are other priorities, like replacing sales associates and merchants who defected to the competition, primarily Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Guests skew international—largely from the US and China—and tend to be more mature than young.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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For months, Bill Clinton, 79, and Hillary Clinton, 78, largely ignored the matter in public but that became harder to sustain in December when the former president was featured prominently in the first batch of Epstein files.—
STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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