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Leaders who have been critical of specific types of diversity programs from within the industry argue that broad-brush criticisms of D.E.I. can be counterproductive, distracting from meaningful efforts to reform corporate diversity initiatives.
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Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Most generative AI is typically programmed to take a broad-brush approach.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
Finally, there’s the broad-brush (and essentially misogynistic) derogation of gay men as effeminate, an old insult that has been so effectively reclaimed by happily effeminate gay men that it’s lost much of its sting.
—Mark Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
It is made up of nine broad-brush dashes, representing a colossal maritime claim that has been summarily rejected by international law.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 7 July 2023
In his estimation, quantum mechanics is a broad-brush theory that expresses the overall behavior of nature’s building blocks but lacks the resolution to capture individual cases.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
Most generative AI is typically programmed to take a broad-brush approach.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
Finally, there’s the broad-brush (and essentially misogynistic) derogation of gay men as effeminate, an old insult that has been so effectively reclaimed by happily effeminate gay men that it’s lost much of its sting.
—Mark Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
It is made up of nine broad-brush dashes, representing a colossal maritime claim that has been summarily rejected by international law.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 7 July 2023
In his estimation, quantum mechanics is a broad-brush theory that expresses the overall behavior of nature’s building blocks but lacks the resolution to capture individual cases.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
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“Broad-brush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-brush. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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