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Discover LudwigThe term "generic type" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is typically used to refer to a type of product, service, or activity that is widely available and not specific to any particular brand or company. For example, "John bought a generic type of printer for his new office."
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generic type
noun
A which can be instantiated with any other type.
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They are all of the same generic type.
a, Schematic representation of a generic type I NRPS.
Poking among the gadgets and gizmos at Marionville Models, the last shop in Edinburgh before the airport, you'll find a generic type of man.
And in its last section "I Am Legend" reverts to generic type, with chases and explosions and a redemptive softening of its bleak premise.
Conclusion: Only one factor emerged from the analysis and is best thought of as a generic type of professional behavior.
"This does not mean that malls as a generic type are failing," said Anthony Downs, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a director of General Growth Properties, a leading owner and manager of malls.
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