How to Use general-purpose in a Sentence

general-purpose

adjective

• So maybe take a year off in Tahiti and then use the general-purpose model.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The promise of general-purpose humanoids is so massive, and the challenge so great, that there's sure to be plenty of surprises on the path.
  — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
• The changes could help Microsoft’s Copilot stand out in a growing sea of general-purpose AI chatbots.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
• With a scope attached, total weight is just right for a general-purpose hunting rifle.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• Geordie Rose: Our approach to general-purpose humanoid robots has two main steps.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2023
• Of course, these are general-purpose strategies that work for any type of material, not just textbooks.
  — Bridgid Finn, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2010
• The Galaxy Watch 7 is a much more affordable, general-purpose smartwatch that can handle most workouts and normal day-to-day use.
  — PCMAG, 10 July 2024
• An annual transfer from the Permanent Fund accounts for more than half of the general-purpose revenue used to pay for state services.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• More general-purpose quantum computing will need to wait for higher qubit counts still.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
• That type of reward is often better than what a general-purpose credit card would offer.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
• But even as late as the opening phases of the Iraq war in 2003, roughly a third of munitions dropped by the United States and its coalition partners were still unguided, general-purpose bombs.
  — Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
• So rather than a general-purpose chip, Fractile’s hardware is specific for LLMs.
  — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• While it can be invested in or traded, ether is more of a utility asset for Web3 than general-purpose money.
  — Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
• Although this button can also be programmed to take photographs, it’s meant as a general-purpose shortcut button and by default changes the ringer settings on the phone.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
• Feed it once a month with a diluted general-purpose product, following the directions on the label.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
• The speed at which a general-purpose chatbot had been achieved caught everyone, including longtime AI researchers, off guard.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
• Yet no functioning general-purpose web agent is available on the market today.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
• This general-purpose chef's knife is recommended as our top choice for most people in our chef's knife buying guide, thanks to its ability to hold an edge and its near-nonstick surface.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
• Kant said, basically, that the most general-purpose LLMs essentially are hitting a wall in terms of scaling.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
• But Alan Turing had this broader vision of a general-purpose computer.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
• Sevin dust works well on most chewing insects, but so will many other general-purpose insecticides.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
• During the other times on weekdays and during the weekend, the lane will serve as a general-purpose lane, meaning solo drivers can use it without receiving a citation.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• There are great general-purpose, all-around rimfire rifles, and also highly specialized ones.
  — Richard Mann, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2023
• But Jiang is careful to note that simply using general-purpose AI models to predict storm surges could have disastrous consequences.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
• One of the provisions of the new legislation is that general-purpose AI systems will be required to show how the content used for training their models respects European copyright law.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
• Python actually refers to a high-level, general-purpose programming language, which is one of the most popular programming languages in the world.
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• After his father died in 1953, Carter also took over the family farms and operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company in Plains.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
• Games like Minesweeper or Magic: The Gathering could, in principle, be used as general-purpose computers.
  — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
• Under the act, generative AI models are considered general-purpose AI, or models that can complete tasks on close to a human level.
  — Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2024
• That should help make general-purpose humanoid robots more affordable and facilitate their expansion into new markets such as retail, elder care, and home use.
  — John Koetsier, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025