How to Use general-purpose in a Sentence

general-purpose

adjective
  • In a general-purpose tool, there is no sandbox to test.
    — Mike Whitmire, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • This bodes well for what can be done with general-purpose AI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Small models are not used as general-purpose tools like their larger cousins.
    — Stephen Ornes, Wired News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Small models are not used as general-purpose tools like their larger cousins.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The #5 is much more general-purpose and mainstream than that.
    — James Morris, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • But that’s not how general-purpose large language models worked in the past.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
  • So maybe take a year off in Tahiti and then use the general-purpose model.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Building a general-purpose version of that will take time and learning.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
  • With a scope attached, total weight is just right for a general-purpose hunting rifle.
    — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
  • More general-purpose quantum computing will need to wait for higher qubit counts still.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The general-purpose robot is claimed to be more effective than a humanoid.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That type of reward is often better than what a general-purpose credit card would offer.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
  • One camp argues that more data alone will unlock general-purpose humanoids.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • They are designed for general-purpose drilling in wood, metal, plastic, and fiberglass.
    — Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, these are general-purpose strategies that work for any type of material, not just textbooks.
    — Bridgid Finn, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2010
  • But true general-purpose intelligence consists of much more than this.
    — Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Yet no functioning general-purpose web agent is available on the market today.
    — Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Every new general-purpose technology is, for a time, held hostage by the mess of what already exists.
    — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Most students today use general-purpose chatbots that are not designed as tutors.
    — Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Most students today use general-purpose chatbots that are not designed as tutors.
    — Shishir Shakya, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The first wave, then, won't be general-purpose robots doing everything.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • They were created as general-purpose tools, able to be used in almost any conceivable setting.
    — John Clemons, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Soil Rodriguez suggests using a general-purpose potting soil or cactus mix for the string of hearts plant.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Sevin dust works well on most chewing insects, but so will many other general-purpose insecticides.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
  • Homes involve a long tail of chores, and general-purpose robots could indeed provide enormous value.
    — Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The next era of tech will be about who makes general-purpose AI software that consumers want, and who is able to do it profitably.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, these tools were trained on huge amounts of text and media drawn largely from across the internet and then launched as general-purpose chatbots.
    — Robert Maloy, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The promise of general-purpose humanoids is so massive, and the challenge so great, that there's sure to be plenty of surprises on the path.
    — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
  • This underscores the risks of relying on general-purpose search engines.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The result is a general-purpose memory shortage that's caused prices to skyrocket.
    — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026

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