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

The importance of the move may be largely symbolic at this point, as it does not apply to generic medicines - the most commonly used medicines in the US.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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

But her mother smoothly turned her attention to Omer, smiling that generic mother smile.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye