jack-of-all-trades
noun
plural jacks-of-all-trades
: a person who can do passable work at various tasks : a handy versatile person
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Radical is pitching this category of aircraft as a kind of jack-of-all-trades that can fill gaps left by satellites, drones, and conventional planes.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle more than Germany’s ProSieben, which has spent much of the past two years turning around a huge broadcast liner to become a digital-first business that places jack-of-all-trades streamer Joyn at the center.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Kirk, played by Sean Gunn, was the Stars Hollow jack-of-all-trades, often taking on odd jobs around town, working at the beauty shop, being a handyman and even serving as a short film director.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
For a once-dependable, jack-of-all-trades forward, those numbers were far more akin to his rookie season back in 2013-14.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle more than Germany’s ProSieben, which has spent much of the past two years turning around a huge broadcast liner to become a digital-first business that places jack-of-all-trades streamer Joyn at the center.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Kirk, played by Sean Gunn, was the Stars Hollow jack-of-all-trades, often taking on odd jobs around town, working at the beauty shop, being a handyman and even serving as a short film director.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
For a once-dependable, jack-of-all-trades forward, those numbers were far more akin to his rookie season back in 2013-14.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jack-of-all-trades
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“Jack-of-all-trades.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jack-of-all-trades. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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