Since 'territory' now has legal definition under federal law, the term 'insular area' is used as a generic reference.

Other verses, such as Isaiah 2:4 and Deuteronomy 11:23 are generic references to any nation.

Rather than referring to the event as a traditional "All star" race, no generic reference was included in the title.

English, like many other languages, does not require an article in plural noun phrases with a generic reference, reference to a general class of things.

In ancient times Sideritis was a generic reference for plants capable of healing wounds caused by iron weapons during battles.

In Ireland Joe Soap is used as a generic reference to a male.

A generic two-word reference to God tucked inside a rote civic exercise is not a prayer.

Without an article, a noun is a generic reference:

(Actually, the former President offered a generic reference to "family.")

The messages vary from generic references to cryptic clues, and are always related to the current episode in some way.