generic
Example Sentences
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There are no hard-and-fast rules about when a place name or other traditional description attached to a product becomes generic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
One of them is a title so generic, so blandly inoffensive yet simultaneously indicative of hope, resolve, or insider knowledge as to be, ultimately, unmemorable.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Much of it has fallen into the category of “AI slop,” which as I reported in December was typically flat, dull and hopelessly generic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Somewhere on that paperwork will be a number to call — ideally for a life insurance agent who sold the policy to your parents, but it may be a more generic customer service line.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
The letter was on a piece of generic white paper.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.