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As a general rule, the person who would be your boss is your audience.
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Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
As a general rule, these immediate areas are less attractive and less desirable than nearby single-family zones, so rents and prices are lower there.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
But there's not, so here's a general rule.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
As a general rule, North-facing rooms benefit from warm colors to counteract cool, shadowy light, while South-facing rooms can handle richer colors and true whites under abundant golden light.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
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Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
As a general rule, these immediate areas are less attractive and less desirable than nearby single-family zones, so rents and prices are lower there.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
But there's not, so here's a general rule.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
As a general rule, North-facing rooms benefit from warm colors to counteract cool, shadowy light, while South-facing rooms can handle richer colors and true whites under abundant golden light.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
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“General rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20rule. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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