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over-generalizations

How to use over-generalizations in a sentence. Live example sentences for over-generalizations pulled from indexed public discussions.

Editorial note

To quote Paul Buchheit, all such 'advice' is just someone's limited life experience expressed as a set of over-generalizations.

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Quick take

To quote Paul Buchheit, all such 'advice' is just someone's limited life experience expressed as a set of over-generalizations.

Example sentences

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To quote Paul Buchheit, all such 'advice' is just someone's limited life experience expressed as a set of over-generalizations.

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That's the problem with studying animals, they can't defend themselves to correct our hilarious over-generalizations and misrepresentations of their species.

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It's okay, until it runs off the tracks and starts making massive over-generalizations, and ends up mired in populist propaganda (i.e.

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It boils down to three things: People are the most important, over-generalizations about the development process is anathema, and always adapt.

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To even start thinking along the lines that one solution would fit all problems is to engage in the most wide over-generalizations.

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I'm not sure I've ever seen an article that's so full of arbitrary assumptions and over-generalizations.

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I agree that the article perpetuates broad over-generalizations about people with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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I would say we prioritize the information from the leaks, given their restricted nature and their intended audience, but that doesn't mean there might not be over-generalizations or mis-interpretations there either.

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Pop science is eye candy and over-generalizations.

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An unfortunate side-effect of having a democracy with 300 million plus people in it, is that to a certain extent these sort of over-generalizations are a necessary part of coalition building.

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Again, nothing but over-generalizations here.

Quote examples

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I'm tired of over-generalizations about "spanking." Bruising, switches, rods, and welts are not "spanking." Whipping is not the same as spanking.

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-- Marc Andreessen Given that a significant portion of what marca himself says and advocates these days is, if not "lunacy", definitely from somewhere very deep in loose cannon territory -- and given the naked over-generalizations embedded in the statement itself (which, when you break it down, is basically a strawman argument) -- I'm just not sure what value he's adding to the discussion, here.

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How do you use over-generalizations in a sentence?

To quote Paul Buchheit, all such 'advice' is just someone's limited life experience expressed as a set of over-generalizations.