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  • And this all supposes you're playing D&D or some other semi-generic RPG.

    How Dragonlance Ruined Everything James Maliszewski 2008

  • Since I don't have a good idea in what esteem the company holds him or what his specific prospects for a promotion are, I gave him my semi-generic answer: The studio might like you a lot and want to boost you up the ladder, but I think a lot depends on how they're doing at the box office.

    The Big New Feature Releases ... and Accompanying Risks Steve Hulett 2008

  • Since I don't have a good idea in what esteem the company holds him or what his specific prospects for a promotion are, I gave him my semi-generic answer: The studio might like you a lot and want to boost you up the ladder, but I think a lot depends on how they're doing at the box office.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Steve Hulett 2008

  • In the meantime however there are multilateral negotiations scheduled to take place which could have an impact on how so-called semi-generic terms are authorised.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • This is designed to accomodate a possible international accord on the status of semi-generic terms like port and sherry.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • In the first section of the surprisingly massive adventure, Conker journeys around a semi-generic platforming hub world connected to a wide variety of different levels.

    Destructoid 2009

  • The casual homophobia that drives many non-straight players and some straight ones, too, for that matter buggy is just that, casual and unfocused, using terms like "fag", "homo", and "gay" for their semi-generic swear value.

    And the sign said... 2006

  • There might be a bit of softness because for those professionals their purses get filled with a lot of that parking revenue, the direct name revenue that what we see from marketers, for instance the Yummy Names launch and some of the follow-on discussions, there is value and for them they are looking at the value of a generic or semi-generic; a brandable name relative to what search traffic costs or relative to very, very large advertising budgets.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • There might be a bit of softness because for those professionals their purses get filled with a lot of that parking revenue, the direct name revenue that what we see from marketers, for instance the Yummy Names launch and some of the follow-on discussions, there is value and for them they are looking at the value of a generic or semi-generic; a brandable name relative to what search traffic costs or relative to very, very large advertising budgets.

    Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2008

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