generalized

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In generalized anxiety disorder, for example, people may worry excessively about ordinary events and struggle to control nervousness or fear.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

“I think the reason people keep remarking on that line is that there’s a fear about Netflix and a generalized fear about criticizing the online platforms,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

For users who don’t plug in their personal data, the tool can provide more generalized answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Most believe, though, that their own personal finances will get better or remain the same, so this is a generalized feeling about the economy-at-large.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

Beginning in the late ninth or early tenth century a.d., public monuments in Chichen Itza deemphasized the king, changing from official narratives of regal actions to generalized, nontextual images of religion, commerce, and war.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann