generally speaking
idiom
—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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Frictionlessness, generally speaking, is the design ethos that whisks a user seamlessly from Instagram ad to online shopping cart; from Word document to AI chatbot; from drawing pad to image generator.
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Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Venture capital firms don’t turn around, generally speaking.
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But generally speaking, who does think that way?
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Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Venture capital firms don’t turn around, generally speaking.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
But generally speaking, who does think that way?
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Plus, Marathon will cater to harder-core players rather than ARC, generally speaking, so switching over may be a hard sell.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Generally speaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generally%20speaking. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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