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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Rice wine vinegar and apple cider vinegar are my all-purpose vinegars.
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Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Mirrors and Windows Other surfaces that aren't well suited for your all-purpose cleaner are windows and glass.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
America’s all-purpose bogeyman might be the bomb-throwing rebel, but in truth, disillusionment inspires more violence than ideology.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Receiver and return specialist Jacob De Jesus, a graduate transfer from UNLV, had 177 all-purpose yards, including 78 on three kickoff returns and 73 on three punt returns.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
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Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Mirrors and Windows Other surfaces that aren't well suited for your all-purpose cleaner are windows and glass.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
America’s all-purpose bogeyman might be the bomb-throwing rebel, but in truth, disillusionment inspires more violence than ideology.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Receiver and return specialist Jacob De Jesus, a graduate transfer from UNLV, had 177 all-purpose yards, including 78 on three kickoff returns and 73 on three punt returns.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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