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as in stereotype
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation the idea that all boys are naturally messy is a gross generality

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Recent Examples of generality These need to be specific to you and not just generalities about saving taxes or avoiding probate. Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 This format was far more evocative of the deceased, with specific examples that rang true, rather than generalities that sometimes did not. Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025 Be skeptical of anyone talking about AI in generalities versus their specific expertise. Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025 With its book whittled down so much and its careful hedging to only speaking the broadest generalities about Cuba’s history, Buena Vista Social Club only aims modestly high, just above the level of a tribute concert. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for generality
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  • Roberts also dismissed the plaintiffs’ concerns that Tennessee is forcing children to live within gender stereotypes.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 19 June 2025
  • Currently, toxic masculinity and the patriarchy are on the rise in our sociopolitical environment, and our culture is promoting oppressive gender roles and racial stereotypes and seeking to control the expression of sexuality.
    Colleen Bidwill, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
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  • Samsung Won’t Stop With The Galaxy Z Fold 7 The trade-off for the S25 Edge shedding all of that weight is battery life.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Spending more of your energy and time on local involvement, making a meaningful impact in your actual sphere of influence, will free you of the crushing weight of the whole world’s problems.
    Anastasia G Mcateer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
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  • That win over Inter in the Champions League final last month ended a near 15-year journey that began when Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), a subsidiary of the Qatari state’s sovereign wealth fund, purchased a majority stake in the club in June 2011.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • In March 2020, there were 1,224 active sidewalk cafe licenses, the majority of which were in Manhattan, according to the city council.
    Cindy Augustine, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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  • At this time, the draft U.N. principles released in April 2025 do not directly address the opposing concepts of access and protection.
    Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Space.com, 20 June 2025
  • These new discoveries by DESI, if true, could rewrite many other basic concepts of astrophysics, and also could explain ideas like string theory.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2025
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  • There are articles from the National Library of Medicine that refer to mirror movement as involuntary, simultaneous, identical movements on one side of the body that mirror the voluntary movements from the other side of the body.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • This is not the first time the governing body has taken action on stewards making media remarks in recent years.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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  • Whereas in compounded medicines, the active ingredients are manufactured abroad, shipped in bulk, and distributed to compounding pharmacies through middlemen.
    Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 15 June 2025
  • Some sources detail the practice of thrush husbandry—raising them in bulk for food—so their meat could be enjoyed by elites throughout the year.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
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  • This Money Mistake Keeps You Stuck One of the most popular misconceptions being debunked right now is the notion that working harder or for longer hours equates to making more money.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • This momentum continued into the 90s — a decade full of significant strides for gender equality and yet fraught with problematic notions on the treatment of women.
    Christina Hillsberg, People.com, 16 June 2025
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  • The Magic have some outs between now and then with non-guarantees and team options, but this Jalen Suggs-Bane-Wagner-Banchero-Wendell Carter Jr. core is pretty locked in.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • Brace your core and keep your elbows tucked in close to the sides of your torso.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 16 June 2025

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“Generality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generality. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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