generic

Example Sentences

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You didn’t just choose a generic bicycle in the late 1880s, you went for a distinct brand, like the Psycho bicycle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

That’s kind of my generic start, is like those things, just a little everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Private-label merchandise no longer means generic, unadorned products sitting on the shelf, but rather filling a hole in the assortment at a decent price point.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The chemically equivalent generic costs $160 per dose — a steep discount from the brand-name version at $3,000 a dose.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Instead, they called the city Rhakotis, which might refer to some preexisting Egyptian village on that location, or derive from the term ra-qed, the generic term for “building site.”

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro