jack-of-all-trades
noun
plural jacks-of-all-trades
: a person who can do passable work at various tasks : a handy versatile person
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Defensive tackle Derrick Harmon, Oregon: A Detroit native who’s a jack-of-all-trades DT, Harmon would be a lot of fun back in his hometown.
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Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Essentially, project managers are the jack-of-all-trades.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Anthropic's bot doesn't have the far-reaching, jack-of-all-trades skill of OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, but without real-time access to the internet, it has been designed to lean into its strengths: intuitive conversation.
—New Atlas, 16 Mar. 2025
Dad was an inventive, jack-of-all-trades, handy man.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Essentially, project managers are the jack-of-all-trades.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Anthropic's bot doesn't have the far-reaching, jack-of-all-trades skill of OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, but without real-time access to the internet, it has been designed to lean into its strengths: intuitive conversation.
—New Atlas, 16 Mar. 2025
Dad was an inventive, jack-of-all-trades, handy man.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Jack-of-all-trades.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jack-of-all-trades. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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