Yes. A macro lens can be used like a normal lens at regular shooting distances; it is not limited to close-up work.

Macro lenses are designed to focus much closer than standard lenses, but they still work well for everyday photography, including nature scenes and portraits. In fact, focal lengths like 60mm or 105mm are often very usable for portraits.

They are typically very sharp, which is a plus for general photography. The main tradeoff is that many macro lenses are not especially “fast” compared with lenses like f/1.8 or f/1.4 primes. Because of that, they may make it harder to get very strong background blur at normal distances. Also, their rendering of out-of-focus areas may not be as pleasing as some non-macro lenses.

At close distances, though, depth of field becomes very shallow, so you can still get significant background blur even with a smaller maximum aperture such as f/4.