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Recent Examples of all-rounder
Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson, a fine left-arm spinner, should really be in the mix but has been ignored.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
But whatever the company does, the 13-inch MacBook Air is still a great all-rounder, and a good combination of size and speed for people whose laptop is a purely portable computer that floats from room to room in their house rather than traveling for work or getting docked on a desk.
—ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
It's designed to be the ultimate all-rounder, capable of handling everything from astrophotography to wide-angle landscapes and portraits.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2025
Always a brilliant finisher, her move to Barcelona has turned her into more of an all-rounder, comfortable at linking play and creating space for others to burst into.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Then there’s the e:Ny1, which Honda is renaming because Chinese customers can’t pronounce it, the CR-V, a brilliant all-rounder, and finally, the HR-V, a hybrid version of the all-electric e:Ny1.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Each team has 11 players made up of specialist batters and bowlers plus all-rounders (players that can bat and bowl proficiently, or bat and be the wicket-keeper, the player from the bowling team stationed immediately behind the stumps).
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Not as an all-rounder everywhere, but as a conductor in the final third.
—Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 6 June 2025
The all-rounder has been overlooked in the Indian red-ball squad for June’s tour of England, but Robin Uthappa claimed that his skills would be seen again in both colored and white shirts.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
But whatever the company does, the 13-inch MacBook Air is still a great all-rounder, and a good combination of size and speed for people whose laptop is a purely portable computer that floats from room to room in their house rather than traveling for work or getting docked on a desk.
—ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
It's designed to be the ultimate all-rounder, capable of handling everything from astrophotography to wide-angle landscapes and portraits.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2025
Always a brilliant finisher, her move to Barcelona has turned her into more of an all-rounder, comfortable at linking play and creating space for others to burst into.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Then there’s the e:Ny1, which Honda is renaming because Chinese customers can’t pronounce it, the CR-V, a brilliant all-rounder, and finally, the HR-V, a hybrid version of the all-electric e:Ny1.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Each team has 11 players made up of specialist batters and bowlers plus all-rounders (players that can bat and bowl proficiently, or bat and be the wicket-keeper, the player from the bowling team stationed immediately behind the stumps).
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Not as an all-rounder everywhere, but as a conductor in the final third.
—Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 6 June 2025
The all-rounder has been overlooked in the Indian red-ball squad for June’s tour of England, but Robin Uthappa claimed that his skills would be seen again in both colored and white shirts.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-rounder
Noun
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But in business, product managers, strategists, founders and transformation leaders are increasingly generalists by necessity.—
Mani Padisetti,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Kolbi Jordan, a 26-year-old people and culture generalist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Josh King, a 24-year-old airport pianist from Matthews, North Carolina.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Warren earned a reputation of being more of a jack-of-all-trades tight end who could play out of the backfield when needed and block at a high level.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
Noun
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In layman’s terms, your portion of the Oklo pie has just become a bit smaller.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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In layman’s terms, before the development, lenses were all created from flat pieces of glass.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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“All-rounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-rounder. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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