generalize

Example Sentences

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Courts need not generalize from sports to other educational contexts.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

AI models may perform well on the data they’re trained on, but “really the proof of the value of it is, does it generalize to an external population?” he noted.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

And economics teaches us not to generalize data trends when the “rules of the game” change.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

It is hazardous to generalize about public sentiment in Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Now we can generalize the principle to sets of related concepts, that is, to themes.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker