- past tense form of generalize.
- past participle of generalize.
generalized
Example Sentences
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There are ways to improve voting integrity, but Mr. Tillis is right that it’s reckless to sow generalized suspicion that American elections aren’t honest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Any sign that war related inflation was causing generalized price hikes would be "a warning sign," that might require interest rate hikes, Macklem added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We can apply these generalized laws to better understand evaporating black holes in quantum theory and black hole mergers, like those detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration using gravitational waves."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
I didn’t have a deep desire for a child, just a generalized sense that I should consider it before it became impossible.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
In 1605 this new idea of discovery was generalized by Francis Bacon in Of the Proficiency and Advancement of Learning.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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