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
If booking fabulous vacations is important to you, getting an all-purpose travel card will give you more bang for your buck on flights and hotel stays than a straightforward cash-back card.
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Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
Fertilize once a month with an all-purpose houseplant fertilizer to keep the foliage lush and green for maximum food production.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Ard totaled 2,028 all-purpose yards in his senior season at McKinney North High School, including 1,747 yards on the ground.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
This is an all-purpose unit with a wide horizontal profile designed to be mounted on top of your TV screen.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for all-purpose
Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
Fertilize once a month with an all-purpose houseplant fertilizer to keep the foliage lush and green for maximum food production.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Ard totaled 2,028 all-purpose yards in his senior season at McKinney North High School, including 1,747 yards on the ground.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
This is an all-purpose unit with a wide horizontal profile designed to be mounted on top of your TV screen.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for all-purpose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-purpose
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Get unlimited digital access to Vogue, including the March issue featuring Sabrina Carpenter for $3 $1.25/month for one year.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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Get one year of unlimited digital access for only $3.33 $1.50 per month.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Mavericks have endured a number of injuries to their roster, and the loss of Dončić is something no one saw coming due to the ownership and general manager Nico Harrison.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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These three new books explore such decelerations, and seek to move from urbanism toward a more general political philosophy.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Large general-purpose models consume extreme energy amounts: the World Economic Forum highlights that generative AI systems might use around 33 times more energy to complete a task than a small language model or task-specific software would.—
Julius Černiauskas,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Off in its own corner is a company called D-Wave, which makes hardware that relies on quantum effects to perform calculations, but isn't a general-purpose quantum computer.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-purpose. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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