as in general
belonging or relating to the whole
a love of big things—big cars, big meals—seems to be a generic trait of the American people
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Recent Examples of generic
Suddenly, a generic rerun of the 1.0 version doesn’t seem like such a bad offer.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
The first half, directed by Sam Bailey, shapes into a heist procedural, albeit one where the victims are too generic for the scores to be all that satisfying.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
These products can be sold as different items but use the same app, so run generic searches such as ‘wireless doorbells’ and try to avoid those that look identical to others.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
After a drug is approved, years often pass before generic manufacturers are allowed to sell it at a discount.
—Jon Cohen, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2025
The first half, directed by Sam Bailey, shapes into a heist procedural, albeit one where the victims are too generic for the scores to be all that satisfying.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
These products can be sold as different items but use the same app, so run generic searches such as ‘wireless doorbells’ and try to avoid those that look identical to others.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
After a drug is approved, years often pass before generic manufacturers are allowed to sell it at a discount.
—Jon Cohen, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generic
Adjective
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Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.—
Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The Contour Face is fabulous for those interested in general regeneration or alleviating signs of aging, but those with acne-prone skin should consider its Clear mask which utilizes blue light, clinically proven to kill acne-causing bacteria.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Riley Greene, the fifth overall pick in the 2019 draft, has led the way with a 2.6 bWAR (Wins Above Replacement per Baseball Reference).—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
28 June 2025
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According to Toth, thick hair can be defined as a matter of overall density or of individual strand coarseness.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The bodysuit may be the most common item of clothing to wear under a see-through dress.—
Bianca Lambert,
Glamour,
24 June 2025
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The Social Security Administration lists José as the most common Hispanic name for boys over the last 100 years.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The lack of a universal fashion message was offset by the versatility of the styling options offered that embraced different heritage menswear references — from soft and lightweight iterations of traditional suiting to refined workwear tropes and a good chunk of preppy inflections.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025
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Nelson’s debut solo album, American Romance (produced by Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon), is brimming with universal observations about love, loss, family, perseverance, and the cycle of birth and death.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Time,
20 June 2025
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“Generic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generic. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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