Example Sentences

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One-size-fits-all generalizations of ethnic groups is nothing less than prejudice, no matter who is generalizing or what is being generalized.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2022

When Booth is not taking the Scandinavians to task, he is being charmed by them, and when he is not doing that he is generalizing from their history.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 9, 2015

Ay, ay--'t is generalizing its strength, as one may say.

From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by Cooper, James Fenimore

Here, clearly enough, Locke is generalizing from the English constitution; and its sense of compromise is implicit in his remarks.

From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Laski, Harold Joseph