Examples of all-purpose in a Sentence
there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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What is also not supported is the sweeping marketing language that positions these devices as all-purpose skin transformation tools.
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Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Drought has also spread across the nation’s breadbasket, where staple wheat crops that are typically used to make all-purpose flour or pasta have withered for lack of rain.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Reuniting with former Georgia Tech offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner — Singleton accounted for 1,126 all-purpose yards in 2024 with the Yellow Jackets — should be a recipe for success in Gainesville.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The all-purpose knob in my Mazda CX-5 never felt comfortable or intuitive and actually felt more distracting than if the car’s display had been touchable.
—Tc Sottek, The Verge, 27 May 2026
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Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Drought has also spread across the nation’s breadbasket, where staple wheat crops that are typically used to make all-purpose flour or pasta have withered for lack of rain.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Reuniting with former Georgia Tech offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner — Singleton accounted for 1,126 all-purpose yards in 2024 with the Yellow Jackets — should be a recipe for success in Gainesville.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The all-purpose knob in my Mazda CX-5 never felt comfortable or intuitive and actually felt more distracting than if the car’s display had been touchable.
—Tc Sottek, The Verge, 27 May 2026
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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