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
This is an all-purpose unit with a wide horizontal profile designed to be mounted on top of your TV screen.
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K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
Also, from-scratch wrappers only require mixing all-purpose flour and water, then letting the dough rest for a little bit to become smooth and silky before kneading and rolling it out.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
What Are the Different Types of Juicers? Most all-purpose juicers fall into one of two types.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
Penn, who served as a team captain for Carroll as a junior, has tallied 2,740 all-purpose yards and 50 touchdowns in his high school career.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
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K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
Also, from-scratch wrappers only require mixing all-purpose flour and water, then letting the dough rest for a little bit to become smooth and silky before kneading and rolling it out.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
What Are the Different Types of Juicers? Most all-purpose juicers fall into one of two types.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
Penn, who served as a team captain for Carroll as a junior, has tallied 2,740 all-purpose yards and 50 touchdowns in his high school career.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-purpose
Adjective
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Get one year of unlimited digital access for only $3.33 $1.50 per month.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
26 Feb. 2025
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The cPanel server interface is well-documented and easy to use, and every one of their plans offer unlimited email service.—
John Mihaly,
PCMAG,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Beyond general skepticism about the need for people to wear an AI device on their chest, Humane never proved its pitch of AI Pins replacing smartphones.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Feb. 2025
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Williams was one of several TCU players and Memphis Grizzlies officials who came to celebrate Bane, which also included head coach Taylor Jenkins and the franchise’s general manager Zach Kleiman.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But even as late as the opening phases of the Iraq war in 2003, roughly a third of munitions dropped by the United States and its coalition partners were still unguided, general-purpose bombs.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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By 2027, the center aims to train 1,000 general-purpose robots simultaneously, with plans to collect 10 million high-quality physical data entries through collaborations with local robot manufacturers.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-purpose. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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