generalization
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Its strategic lessons—balance differing viewpoints, understand politics, remain humble and optimistic, change the game—are difficult to argue with, because they operate at such a high level of generalization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
There are tens of thousands of undocumented university students in higher education throughout the country, so you can’t make this kind of generalization as a justification for engaging in arrest.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
If Levick shies away from generalization, he too is a composer not easily pinned down.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
But what Jones and Whewell showed was that, specifically related to agricultural land, Ricardo had crafted a huge generalization that didn't map onto the reality of the situation.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2025
And if there is a reasonable chance that readers will misinterpret a statistical tendency as an absolute law, a responsible writer will anticipate the oversight and qualify the generalization accordingly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
To illuminate his dark subject matter, Fiedler adopts a punchy, aggressive prose replete with antitheses, exclamation marks, capitalized terminology and bold generalizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Evocative anecdotes and sharp observations work better than vague praise or sweeping generalizations.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
It blasted his rant as “dangerous and wrong” on social media, adding that “responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2026
But by and large, I believe these generalizations to be accurate, and indeed, such 'idealistic' motivations as I have described have played a large part in my own career.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing generalization
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