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as in notions
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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as in weights
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
an important but little-known Scottish inventor whose work was never appreciated by the generality of the public
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as in majorities
the largest part or quantity of something
the generality of that high school's students will go on to college
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Recent Examples of generalities
But as far as market generalities are concerned, this is a pretty good one to bring into your own repertoire as an investor.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Observe your environment Learn to recognize generalities and patterns in your environment that, more often than not, track with pollution.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Avoid vague generalities and get specific.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalities
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But a more recent line of research has pushed back against these notions, using statistical analysis to suggest that the apparent variations in response are just the result of measurement error and day-to-day biological variability.—
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Beau McCall understands the affective power of buttons—these commonplace household notions have captured his imagination for decades.—
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Slowly lower the weights to the starting position.—
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Some modeling clay will come in blocks of different weights and sizes, while variety packs will usually include smaller blocks of varying tones and colors.—
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Democrats hold strong majorities in the House and Senate, but are just a few seats shy of a two-thirds majority in both, meaning HJR 4209 would require a few Republican votes as well.—
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But Republicans, who hold slim majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, have shown little appetite for objecting to any such spending programs.—
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The class is breaking stereotypes about water aerobics.—
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In one afternoon, the prevailing stereotypes of underachieving Black boys and absentee Black fathers were irrelevant.—
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In Iranian Muslim culture, dead bodies are typically washed and then covered in white cotton fabric before burial.—
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Separate mobile-camera footage from Fardis, a city about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Tehran, showed at least seven bodies covered in blood inside a building.—
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Gone were the days of elaborate concepts, old-timey characters, and aspirations toward modern classical composition.—
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The concepts making their debut range from Kwame Onwuachi’s take on Caribbean cuisine in Las Vegas to Francesco Martucci bringing his pizza prowess to fine dining in Miami—and everything in between, encompassing a wide variety of flavors, heritages, and more.—
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Additionally, their cores can (usually) be removed, allowing sealant to be injected through them into tubeless tires.—
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Since then, the plant has produced large volumes of water contaminated with radioactive substances used to cool the reactor cores.—
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
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“Generalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalities. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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