generalization
Example Sentences
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This is a generalization not based on facts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
The researchers began by examining memory design in AI models, focusing on working memory and its role in generalization.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
There are tens of thousands of undocumented university students in higher education throughout the country, so you can’t make this kind of generalization as a justification for engaging in arrest.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
If Levick shies away from generalization, he too is a composer not easily pinned down.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025
The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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