all kinds of

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Synonyms of all kinds ofnext
1
: many
likes all kinds of sports
2
: plenty of
has all kinds of time

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Occasionally our wells run a little dry, and that’s our cue to go fill them up again with all kinds of beautiful things. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Odysseus, manly and strong, is catnip to all kinds of scheming women. — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Accompanied by her family, the writer came to find all kinds of natural abundance, from bay nuts on the roadside to chanterelles in the forest. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 Gennings Dunker was a third-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in April, but Washington gave him all kinds of trouble during their 2025 matchup. — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for all kinds of

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of all kinds of was in the 14th century

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all kinds of
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