generalities
Example Sentences
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She struggled with generalities and answering even rote questions.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
To deal in sweeping generalities a moment, the Palisade is significantly more comfortable, more spoiling and more generous than the Grand Highlander Hybrid, for about the same money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
"Maybe he knows how to "be" PM but not how to "do" it. They don't actually know what they want to do beyond the level of vague generalities," the insider argues.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Trafficking in generalities rarely leads to universal truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Instead he looked into the middle distance and spoke in generalities, with so delicate an air as to give the impression that he had become partly invisible.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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