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Recent Examples of generalist
Reach out to people, don’t hesitate to ask questions and don’t always focus on specializing—the world out there today is (often) seeking generalists.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The beat has passed through many hands, and most who tackled it were not sartorial obsessives but, rather, gregarious generalists.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
By the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event, most of the survivors were the semiaquatic generalists and one group of aquatic carnivores.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
How to leverage time-for-money into long-term wealth Pick one niche and become irreplaceable
Specialists earn more than generalists.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The beat has passed through many hands, and most who tackled it were not sartorial obsessives but, rather, gregarious generalists.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
By the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event, most of the survivors were the semiaquatic generalists and one group of aquatic carnivores.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
How to leverage time-for-money into long-term wealth Pick one niche and become irreplaceable
Specialists earn more than generalists.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for generalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalist
Noun
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Read on for more details on these new gaming boxes, starting with the jack-of-all-trades Triton.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Gay, a free agent signee, is a jack-of-all-trades linebacker who has started 55 games in his NFL career, contributing 261 tackles, seven sacks and four interceptions.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ludacris praises Miller for his affable personality and his ability to explain things in layman’s terms.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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In layman’s terms, this means that DEB uses plant sugars and natural enzymes to create biobased materials (such as biopolymers) in eco-friendly conditions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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Where Sun is a dabbler, Geffen is an established connoisseur.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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In reality, many were just dabblers.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside Online,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Generalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalist. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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