all-purpose
Example Sentences
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Then I come back in with a second pass: an all-purpose spray.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Unified hired to create an all-purpose, artificial intelligence chatbot named “Ed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The government is expected to announce in March whether Essex will go from two layers of 15 authorities to between three and five all-purpose unitary councils.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Nowadays, the industry uses more effective cleaners, such as peracetic acid, a kind of all-purpose antimicrobial agent used in hospital cleaners, produce washes, and meat processing.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
And yet here Anatole speaks French, English, Kikongo and whatever all he first started out with, plus knowing enough to be the one all-purpose schoolteacher.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
