free-for-all

Example Sentences

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The top half - where the fourth-round matches are being played on Monday - is a free-for-all.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

“Is God Is” isn’t the kind of rollicking free-for-all that will have you cheering in the theater.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Yet any process of ramping up production won’t be as much of a free-for-all as it may have been in the past.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

That timeline broadly aligns with Nasdaq’s ambitions, but it also underscores the reality: Tokenized settlement in U.S. equities will arrive first as a tightly permissioned pilot, not an open on-chain free-for-all.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Is the internet free-for-all going to kill off the very musical endeavour most beloved of its young pirates?

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall