generally speaking

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—used to say that a statement describes a general feeling or opinion relating to or affecting all the people or things in a group

Generally speaking, people like her as a leader.

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Why Privacy-First Is Important For 2025 Privacy is (generally speaking) a complicated issue for businesses. —

Jodi Daniels, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 But generally speaking, successful relationships thrive when both people can open up with compassion and consideration. —

Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024 More generally speaking, the various resolutions of the episode are very satisfying. —

Jack King, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024 Though biosimilar diffusion is heterogeneous across European countries, generally speaking biosimilars spanning a wide range of reference biologics were approved and launched earlier in Europe and soon achieved fairly rapid uptake. —

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