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Recent Examples of generalist
Data suggests that for smaller funds under $250 million, specialist funds now tend to outperform generalists.
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Miruna-Ioana Girtu, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Generalist roles, such as the digital marketing generalist, suggest a more holistic approach to marketing.
—Sowmya Moni, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This doesn’t necessarily mean that ladybugs are generalists that can thrive in any ecosystem, though.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
All the species involved are generalists that eat crustaceans, fish and mollusks, but whoever was able to catch the prey got a meal.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
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Miruna-Ioana Girtu, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Generalist roles, such as the digital marketing generalist, suggest a more holistic approach to marketing.
—Sowmya Moni, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
This doesn’t necessarily mean that ladybugs are generalists that can thrive in any ecosystem, though.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
All the species involved are generalists that eat crustaceans, fish and mollusks, but whoever was able to catch the prey got a meal.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for generalist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalist
Noun
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Dad was an inventive, jack-of-all-trades, handy man.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Can Dilute Marketing Impact In the world of marketing, a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In layman’s terms, Trump is keeping foreign leaders on their toes.—
Christian Datoc,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Jan. 2025
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His seductive and affable manner of describing the essence of a budding romance in layman’s terms is inviting.—
Priscella Vega,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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Born in the country market town of Briggs, Lincolnshire, on Oct. 28, 1929, in the less affluent north of England, Joan Ann Plowright was the daughter of a local newspaper editor and his homemaker wife, a gifted dabbler in amateur dramatics who encouraged her daughter to act.—
Stephen Galloway,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Others are simply dabblers, like Justin Liam O’Brien.—
Julia Binswanger,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2024
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“Generalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalist. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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