generalize
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He recently asked a model to help generalize one of his arguments, only for the model to spot an error in that argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"We responded to a $600 million problem… The idea that we're redundant and expensive isn't a good way to generalize the value of this lab or the cost of this lab."
From Barron's ● May 19, 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
Rather than generalize or hold on to false hopes of a utopia, Gaines looks to his immediate surroundings here in Los Angeles, where his impact on the art scene is tangible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
But my reactions were limited to the attitude of the people about me, and I did not speculate or generalize.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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"The same neural signature -- reward up, control down under rivalry -- likely generalizes beyond sport to political and sectarian conflicts."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
And things become really exciting when one generalizes the concept of happy numbers.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2023
Another clear pitfall of the Pace approach is that it generalizes calories burnt.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2022
I take issue with the framing of this article that generalizes crime by guards as the problem plaguing prisons.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Injuries sufficient to support standing must be concrete and particularized, not generalized grievances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The good news is, per Gifford, that there are less generalized models out there that are tailored to much more exacting needs.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
He said the oil price shock from the war with Iran has not broadened out to cause more generalized inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Brock’s other insights on life, existence and death are more generalized; they’re just part and parcel of being 50 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete,” his mother explained carefully.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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The two agencies routinely assert that they explain the methods used, but their generalizing descriptions—some of the language of which they’ve repeated for over a decade—don’t come close to routine standards for economic scholarship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
He found that Mirai did, outperforming traditional models while also generalizing better to minority patients.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
"Due to limited evidence from multi-decade long-term observation, synthesizing several direct observations is essential for generalizing dynamic ecological patterns," adds Hisano.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
I might be generalizing and telling the story a little simply right now, but that's why there's so much cheese.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2024
To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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