generally speaking
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—used to say that a statement describes a general feeling or opinion relating to or affecting all the people or things in a group
Generally speaking, people like her as a leader.
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Modern advertising works, generally speaking, by creating problems rather than solving them.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Fortunately, companies and brands that use premium cashmere will usually have information on their websites; generally speaking, the more details provided — length of fibers, ply, and gauge — the better the sweater.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
Cathy Glasson, a longtime neighborhood resident, said the migrant shelter, generally speaking, seems to be well run.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
That’s because, generally speaking, the tools and techniques needed to craft seafaring technology such as sails only arrived after the invention of farming tools.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Fortunately, companies and brands that use premium cashmere will usually have information on their websites; generally speaking, the more details provided — length of fibers, ply, and gauge — the better the sweater.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
Cathy Glasson, a longtime neighborhood resident, said the migrant shelter, generally speaking, seems to be well run.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
That’s because, generally speaking, the tools and techniques needed to craft seafaring technology such as sails only arrived after the invention of farming tools.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Generally speaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generally%20speaking. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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