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- noun Plural form of
general .
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Examples
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He called his generals together to ask their counsel.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Abdicating his war-time leadership role to Congress and the generals is EXACTLY what President Bush did throughout his managing of the Iraq war, falling back again and again on some supposed unwillingness to micro-manage from the Oval office.
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The deference to the generals is disrespectful to the office of commander in chief.
Think Progress » Will Scott Brown support repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? 2010
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He called his generals together to ask their counsel.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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He called his generals together to ask their counsel.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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In effect, this gives the Egyptian state a monopoly on statistics, and for 30 years (at least) Capmas has been headed not by professional statisticians but by a succession of major-generals from the military.
The politics of Egypt's feeble statistics Brian Whitaker 2010
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The only reason for talking to more generals is to solicit the opinion you want rather than the one you have.
Think Progress » Scott Brown And Jeff Bingaman To Be Added To Senate Armed Services Committee 2010
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Three thousand, one hundred and forty five of them, no less, will be needed to ensure that transport appropriate to the importance and dignity of such as the 110 IOC members, 400 presidents and secretary-generals from the Olympic committees of the 200 competing nations and 450 senior executives from corporate sponsors and other hangers-on.
Archive 2008-03-02 2008
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Three thousand, one hundred and forty five of them, no less, will be needed to ensure that transport appropriate to the importance and dignity of such as the 110 IOC members, 400 presidents and secretary-generals from the Olympic committees of the 200 competing nations and 450 senior executives from corporate sponsors and other hangers-on.
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"The mission that I will set for the generals is to bring this war to a close."
Iraq, Obama and the Definition of Success - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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