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there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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Gerber Gear Gator Machete Buy on Amazon $30 This all-purpose machete can act as a blade or a saw; one side of the high carbon stainless steel blade is straight edged and the reverse side is a toothed saw blade.
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Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2024
The city looks like modern-day Manhattan, except that men sport bowl cuts and women wear see-through robes, made either of gauze or an innovative, all-purpose building material called Megalon, discovered by Catilina and central to his scheme to revamp the city.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 May 2024
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Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2024
The city looks like modern-day Manhattan, except that men sport bowl cuts and women wear see-through robes, made either of gauze or an innovative, all-purpose building material called Megalon, discovered by Catilina and central to his scheme to revamp the city.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 May 2024
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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