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in general

ADVERB

chiefly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

especially essentially largely mostly predominantly principally

STRONG

mainly primarily

WEAK

above all in the first place in the main on the whole overall usually

Antonyms

WEAK

unimportantly

ADVERB

mainly

Synonyms

STRONG

chiefly primarily principally

WEAK

above all essentially first and foremost generally in the main largely most of all mostly on the whole overall predominantly substantially to the greatest extent usually

Antonyms

STRONG

secondarily

ADVERB

ordinarily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly customarily generally normally regularly

WEAK

as a rule frequently habitually

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely

WEAK

infrequently sometimes

DETERMINER

any

Synonyms

STRONGEST

all each either several

WEAK

a bit a little each and every part of whatever

PREPOSITION

about

Synonyms

STRONGEST

almost nearly roughly

STRONG

approximately

WEAK

in the ball park in the neighborhood practically pretty nearly

Antonyms

WEAK

afar away distant far remote

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The risk of an immune response is common to peptide drugs in general.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

To tell whether stocks in general are cheap, many investors look to the market’s price/earnings ratio.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Asked about the progress of talks with Tehran in general, he deferred to U.S. negotiators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He said maggots and flies were attracted to food left in general waste bins as they tended to be collected less often.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

In the savannahs and forests they inhabited, high-calorie sweets were extremely rare and food in general was in short supply.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

in general

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