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The defined DSMs are further extended to introduce some generalized DSMs (GDSMs) and their special cases are studied. Additionally, the TOPSIS method using the entropy measures (EMs) based on TSFSs is also explored and verified with the help of some examples. The proposed new GDSMs and TOPSIS method are applied to the problem of building material recognition, medical diagnosis, clustering, and the results obtained are investigated. A comparison of the new theory is established where the advancement of the proposed DSMs is elaborated under some conditions. The advantages of the new DSMs and the drawbacks of the previous DSMs of IFSs, PyFSs, and PFSs have been studied because of their applicability. 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