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generalize

[jen-er-uh-lahyz] / ˈdʒɛn ər əˌlaɪz /


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It’s tempting to generalize from this study’s findings to conclude that any retirement investment that reduces financial anxiety and stress should have the same effect on longevity as a lifetime annuity.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Supporters of AI systems tout their greater capacity to generalize from one driving situation to another, as human drivers can, making them easier to roll out at scale than hybrid systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

"Keeping it in flatter parts of the landscape, where lots of solutions perform similarly well, turns out to be what allows these models to generalize."

From Science Daily Jan. 15, 2026

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

From Barron's Oct. 22, 2025

While it never pays to generalize, those who appear not to be the most computer literate often rely on keeping old- fashioned notes so that they don’t forget stuff like user names and passwords.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

"We're working hard to increase representation, so we can be even more confident in how this generalizes to the population at large, especially communities typically underrepresented in research."

From Science Daily Jun. 13, 2026

And things become really exciting when one generalizes the concept of happy numbers.

From Scientific American Oct. 24, 2023

That's something we know that generalizes across all these different categories of secrets.

From Salon Jun. 26, 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

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

The paper estimated that the rise of remote work explained 32% of the generalized increase in mental distress nationwide between the prepandemic period of 2011 to 2019 and the postpandemic period of 2022 to 2024.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

“AI will achieve Stockfish-level coding and generalized computer use,” Musk said about the Cursor deal, referencing a popular chess engine that can beat the best human players.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

And apart from a few reportings of football games, the mental fare has been as generalized, as packaged, and as undistinguished as the food.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

It requires a model capable of generalizing or learning to reason, rather than pattern matching.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

He found that Mirai did, outperforming traditional models while also generalizing better to minority patients.

From MarketWatch Nov. 11, 2025

"Our robots were faster and more agile -- capable of effectively generalizing what they learned and applying it to new situations," Berrueta said.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

“China believes that generalizing national security is not conducive to normal economic and trade exchanges,” Xinhua said.

From New York Times Jul. 9, 2023

To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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