generalizable
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This isn’t a generalizable solution; it is a premium adaptation available only to the most richly resourced institutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
FDEs would send their front-line code back to centralized product engineers, who would repackage the field solutions into generalizable tools for future use.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026
"Studying fanaticism matters because it reveals generalizable neural mechanisms that can scale from stadium passion to polarization, violence and population-level public-health harm," he said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
The study may not be generalizable to all kinds of applications handled through blinded review but adds to a growing body of knowledge about the practice, which the authors suggest other funders consider trying.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 2024
They may make history inexplicable in terms of environmental forces, or indeed of any generalizable causes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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