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
The first is that nobody should call our food system “broken,” the all-purpose label that armchair revolutionaries slap on any aspect of the messy human condition that doesn’t measure up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Fewer all-purpose unitary councils are expected to save money and be simpler for residents.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Unified hired to create an all-purpose, artificial intelligence chatbot named “Ed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Yet all I could really taste was salt and that all-purpose fast-food flavor.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
