generally speaking

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Policymakers closely monitor inflation expectations because, generally speaking, what people think will happen to prices in the future influences wage and price-setting behavior.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Larger IPOs, generally speaking, carry a smaller commission.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

“Good lexicographers,” she writes, “are, generally speaking, not people people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But ICE knows who they are going after, generally speaking, and that’s how they’ve operated for decades.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Chemistry was, generally speaking, a science for businesspeople, for those who worked with coal and potash and dyes, and not gentlemen, who tended to be drawn to geology, natural history, and physics.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson