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How to use the word generally in a Sentence?

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Social media is a new world that the government really hasn’t gotten ahold of yet, they generally don’t bother perusing your accounts (if they are even public-facing) absent a separate, independent reason to do so.

– Brad Moss

Found on CNN
11 months ago

I think there’s now a sufficient amount of data to indicate that various forms of physical activity and exercise are generally effective at reducing substance use in individuals seeking treatment.

– Mark Smith

Found on CNN
11 months ago

I think the extremes in both parties are wrong on this. Most Americans believe that there is a reasonable time period, and it generally falls in the first trimester, when you look at this issue, most people want reasonableness and they want a rational discussion on it.

– Mike Lawler

Found on CNN
12 months ago

The reality of abortion being banned in all or most scenarios is a growing reality for many, although there was already significant variation in reproductive health policies across states, [ Roe v. Wade ] provided a ‘ floor ’ to legislation, meaning that abortion generally could n’t be banned before viability.

– Brandon Crawford

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The current conservative majority has generally been very skeptical of how much authority various agencies exercise, the one place where they have been less skeptical though, has been an agency’s authority, which is predicated on long settled and well developed technical and scientific expertise.

– Supreme Court

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m not a big believer that you can determine who the weaker candidate is. A lot of people up here then would not have been their choice, obviously there might be some exceptions here or there, but generally the NRSC should be engaged in helping whoever the Republican nominee is to win the general election.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It generally makes sense for barriers to emergency contraception, prescription and over the counter, to be as low as possible.

– Colleen Denny

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve seen these patterns before where there is just a repeat of severe weather in generally the same area, we can’t change past outcomes, but what we can do is encourage everyone to be ready for the next one.

– Bill Bunting

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This provides no information on the long-term benefits or adverse effects of long-term coffee drinking, this does not provide information on the impact of coffee in people with other health conditions, and generally (the study participants) consumed modest amounts of coffee.

– Peter Kistler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Vaccines People do n’t generally understand deterministic or fatalistic-type results versus probabilistic, so it does require real teaching of participants.

– Eric Topol

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s hard to project because we don’t know everything we need to know about the drivers (behind this), we know it’s variable from year to year and that the trajectory is generally going upwards. So based on what we’ve seen in the past, we’re thinking we could continue to see this worsen for years to come. What will it be like in 10 years? Will it be double the size it is now?

– Brian Lapointe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is generally thought that only about 30% of the individuals with an elevated PSA will actually have cancer, and of those that do have cancer, the majority don’t need to be treated.

– Oliver Sartor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think people feel isolated after brain injury because they don’t feel able, and when you don’t feel able, you generally retreat back inside, at these retreats, people are given the space to lean into those deep challenges and express them and talk about them.

– Adam Pearce

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Lithium batteries are generally safe and unlikely to fail, but only so long as there are no defects and the batteries are not damaged or mistreated, the more batteries that surround us the more incidents we will see.

– Steve Kerber

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1 year ago

The uncertainty lies in how much rainfall will be absorbed by the snowpack before there is significant release of that water into the rivers, it’s likely some of the( precipitation) will simply be absorbed into the many feet of snow at the highest elevations, but lower elevations, generally below 5,000 ft, appear most likely to not have the snowpack necessary to absorb the multiple inches of rainfall expected.

– Weather Prediction Center

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Absolutely, when an incident like this happens, it brings all the issues to light, how unsafe the rail industry truly is. I didn’t think we had any chance before this. The railroads and AAR do a very good job of lobbying in DC. So generally it’s difficult to get people to vote for something like this rule. But sometimes it takes a disaster to drive home the point. Any time you turn the TV on, there’s still an issue. It’s not going away.

– Jeremy Ferguson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Depending on how broad you read what a legislative act is, it could permit members of Congress to really cover lots of their conduct within the speech or Debate Clause that I think we would generally not think would be covered.

– Neil Eggleston

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Democrats have used Social Security and Medicare really a lot over the past two or three decades, maybe four decades, the payoff has been a lot less than Democrats have generally thought it would be.

– Jim Kessler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Generally, the reason that someone presents to a hospital for a psychiatric condition like depression is because either they are acutely suicidal or they have been deemed unable to take care of themselves. And when I say unable to take care of themselves, I mean, their basic needs – food, hydration, hygiene – are all things that they’re required to do on a daily basis, and they are unable to do this due to the severity of their depression.

– Daniel Bober

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If mom’s health is deteriorating, ultimately, she’s not going to be able to support baby’s wellbeing, and so generally, what we encourage folks to do is really support mom’s health, because that’s in the best interest of both mother and baby.

– Elizabeth Langen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Generally speaking, the country feels and is just a lot safer since I’ve ever worked there.

– James Willcox

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In Europe, we have more players in our market, they’re generally smaller and they’re generally specialized in terms of geography – so they’re more subject to external forces.

– Pere Suau-Sanchez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have fire drills in schools generally, every month. We have active shooter drills. But we do not in most schools have sudden cardiac arrest drills.

– Victoria Vetter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The vast majority of hazardous materials shipped by rail tank car every year arrive safely and without incident, and railroads generally have an outstanding record in moving shipments of hazardous materials safely.

– Federal Railroad Administration

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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