generality

But what level of generality is appropriate for this analysis?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

This is obviously a gross generality, but it really feels true to me that people here tend to take a more optimistic tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

Progressive originalists generally respond to this obstacle by defining rights at a higher level of generality.

From Slate ● May 8, 2024

Yet, due to its generality, it can be applied to any social dilemma with diverse individuals, like climate change, for instance.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024

As a way to get a rough estimate, however, the capture-recapture method is effective, and of more generality than the fish example might suggest.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Critics of a ban pitch their argument in terms of generalities like freedom and innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

There are many provisions of the Constitution that are majestic generalities; this one is as straightforward as it gets.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

Trafficking in generalities rarely leads to universal truth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

By contrast, if someone hasn't actually stayed at, say, the hotel they are reviewing, or didn't dine at the restaurant they are writing about, they'll use abstract generalities loosely related to the experience.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024

The prosecution talked generalities because the frets just didn’t bear out the guilt of these defendants.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe