Example Sentences

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In 2013, a bill in the lower house stated, “Coal mining activities have generalized risks, because their techniques are artisanal and rudimentary … Risky mining practices must be minimized or eliminated.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

Other kids have generalized anxiety and want to come to her school because classes are small and the halls aren’t as crowded.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2022

Q. Coming clean to my doc: I have generalized anxiety disorder.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2019

If he had known what "generalization" means, he would have generalized this truth as follows:— "Time passes rapidly with busy people."

From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by Eggleston, George Cary

We nowadays have generalized our sentiments; we have more philanthropy and less neighborliness; we have more love for mankind and less for men.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse