generalized

Example Sentences

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“I think the reason people keep remarking on that line is that there’s a fear about Netflix and a generalized fear about criticizing the online platforms,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The RBA has already raised interest rates twice this year in response to a generalized rise in inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It is worth repeating that the past behavior of markets does not show what markets will do in the future, let alone what markets “do” in some kind of generalized eternal present.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Most believe, though, that their own personal finances will get better or remain the same, so this is a generalized feeling about the economy-at-large.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

The younger boys, who had never been up this late, responded to the generalized slackening of discipline by either tearing up and down the stairs or falling fast asleep on the parlor rug.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly