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not limited or specialized in application or purpose
- there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-purpose. Accessed 10 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of all-purpose was in 1867
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