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generalizable

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[jen-er-uhl-ahyz-uh-buhl] / ˌdʒɛn ər əlˈaɪz ə bəl /

adjective

  1. able to be generalized or to form the basis of a generalization.


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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

"We're testing whether this kind of differential regulation is a generalizable feature across evolution," Holub says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

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