as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
all around, she's our best athlete
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also all-round
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as in unlimited
not limited or specialized in application or purpose
an all-around garden rake that adjusts for any raking task, from raking lawns to delicate flower beds
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as in overall
relating to the main elements and not to specific details
this saw has the top rating for all-around performance, but for small detail work it might not be your best choice
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as in versatile
able to do many different kinds of things
an all-around player, as skilled on the pitcher's mound as he is at the batting plate
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
Abigail is an all-around great student, mature, and demonstrates the qualities of a strong graduate.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
Say Hey Kid Pay tribute to the late Willie Mays, the former Giants outfielder who is regarded as one of the greatest all-around baseball players of all time and was one of the first Black players to join the MLB.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
These efforts reduce fraud and allow legitimate transactions and accounts to move forward without friction—reducing losses while building a better all-around customer experience.
—Damon Fleury, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Those roasted include the suburban fixation on uniformity, the capriciousness of the media and the negligence and all-around laziness of law enforcement.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
Abigail is an all-around great student, mature, and demonstrates the qualities of a strong graduate.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
Say Hey Kid Pay tribute to the late Willie Mays, the former Giants outfielder who is regarded as one of the greatest all-around baseball players of all time and was one of the first Black players to join the MLB.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
These efforts reduce fraud and allow legitimate transactions and accounts to move forward without friction—reducing losses while building a better all-around customer experience.
—Damon Fleury, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Get unlimited digital access, along with subscriber-exclusive content, and more.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Includes unlimited digital access and exclusive subscriber-only content.Henri Robbins, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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While overall inflation has basically returned to normal, the progress cannot undo a leap in prices that dates back to the pandemic.Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her team is applying more metrics, going beyond traditional evaluations of consumer price impact to look broadly at how jobs and the overall sector would be affected.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The versatile multi-cooker will become your go-to for braising meat, simmering soup, baking bread, and more.Maggie Horton, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The music is stylistically versatile, there’s pop, rock, rap — what was your inspiration for the music?Griselda Flores, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Blackwood, who was drafted by the Devils in 2015 and played with the team from 2018 to 2023, is a pending unrestricted free agent.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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While the former is an unrestricted free agent, the latter would be retained by the Yankees if the team voids his opt-out by giving him an extension that would pay $36 million in 2025.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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This is a wisp of a premise — aside from her muted graffiti efforts, our protagonist’s grief manifests itself more as general moodiness than anything particularly tangible.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump, meanwhile, leaned on some famous Black male supporters, including controversial former NFL standouts Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, while also pitching himself to men in general through social media influencers, creators and podcasters.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“All around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20around. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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