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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The second-year starter threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns, and Bijan Robinson piled up 181 all-purpose yards and a score in Atlanta’s victory.
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Zak Keefer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Choose your favorite brand of all-purpose flour for these waffles.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, Sean Rafferty (James Norton), soon to be revealed as a kind of all-purpose fixer for the Guinness family (among other duties), has a solution, albeit a crude one.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Gaines had 109 all-purpose yards against Eastern Washington two weeks ago, but was banged up after the game and couldn’t fully participate in practice Tuesday or Wednesday ahead of the Air Force game.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2025
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Zak Keefer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Choose your favorite brand of all-purpose flour for these waffles.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, Sean Rafferty (James Norton), soon to be revealed as a kind of all-purpose fixer for the Guinness family (among other duties), has a solution, albeit a crude one.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Gaines had 109 all-purpose yards against Eastern Washington two weeks ago, but was banged up after the game and couldn’t fully participate in practice Tuesday or Wednesday ahead of the Air Force game.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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