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Recent Examples of kitchen-sink Haptic surfaces on the steering wheel are surrounded by an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink array of buttons and switches. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025 Visually speaking, Jing takes an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to collapsing the film’s human characters and its vast landscape into a single fluid entity. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025 Heightened by the absence of Klay Thompson’s floor-spacing, Curry has been facing kitchen-sink defenses and relying on role players to relieve the building pressure. Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 Being Dead do zippy low-fi kitchen-sink catchiness as well as anyone since the Guided By Voices of Bee Thousand. Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024 To purist conservationists, this may look like a kitchen-sink approach. Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 The pic spawned a 1982 kitchen-sink sequel that brought most of the band back together and continued the knee-slapping or face-palming punchlines, unrepentant sight gags and inexpressive line readings — fourth wall be damned. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024 The show, which combines kitchen-sink drama and surrealism, won the Grand Prize at the Canneseries television festival, with critics singling out Longpré’s performance for walking the line between absurd comedy and heartbreaking drama. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025 Trump has promised multiple executive orders on his first day, potentially on immigration, and has proposed a kitchen-sink piece of legislation that would include border issues, tax reform and energy policy. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitchen-sink
Adjective
  • At your literal doorstep was a veritable world capital of social connection, retail nirvana and eclectic dining opportunities.
    David Petitti, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Snag a seat underneath a canopy of palm fronds, where you’ll be surrounded by eclectic art and the sound of live music.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Earnings could be driven by slightly higher net interest income, although the performance of other segments could be more mixed.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Previously, the Twins have worn blue tops with blue pants, which drew mixed reviews when it was unveiled last year.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sunset bites offered from 4 p.m. -6 p.m. include oysters with chili-lime mignonette, assorted crudite with peanut coconut dip, popcorn shrimp with sambal oelek, and a warm balinese lobster roll, amongst others.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Among the debris were bricks, tins of paint, stones, and other assorted rubbish.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • After three or four sessions, your character has much more move variety, and items and weapons are more useful and varied.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
  • To make sense of the recurring post-hurricane peaks, Cabrera and colleagues analyzed how butterfly numbers varied with precipitation, wind speed, temperature and other meteorological variables.
    Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Kitchen-sink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitchen-sink. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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