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Recent Examples of all-rounder
Haller, a creative attacking midfielder, and Bulgarelli, an all-rounder in the centre of the pitch, operated behind Harald Nielsen, Serie A’s top scorer the previous season.
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Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Several destinations emerge as all-rounders—combining prosperity, innovation, and kindness.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
This midrange drone doesn't excel in any individual category but is a good all-rounder, with 30 minutes of battery life per battery charge, a flight range just under 4,000 feet and efficient brushless motors.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2025
Volt Burlington Electric Bike Verdict The Burlington is a great all-rounder.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
There is a baseline level of all-rounder for modern Premier League centre-backs.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
What to Consider It’s designed for a specific purpose rather than as a versatile all-rounder.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, and all-rounders, including Aaron Hardie and Matthew Short, have also made the team for the Championship.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Ensuring strengths in all three makes for a great corporate all-rounder, but technology is an area where skills change regularly, and organizations need guidance.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Several destinations emerge as all-rounders—combining prosperity, innovation, and kindness.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
This midrange drone doesn't excel in any individual category but is a good all-rounder, with 30 minutes of battery life per battery charge, a flight range just under 4,000 feet and efficient brushless motors.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2025
Volt Burlington Electric Bike Verdict The Burlington is a great all-rounder.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
There is a baseline level of all-rounder for modern Premier League centre-backs.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
What to Consider It’s designed for a specific purpose rather than as a versatile all-rounder.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, and all-rounders, including Aaron Hardie and Matthew Short, have also made the team for the Championship.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Ensuring strengths in all three makes for a great corporate all-rounder, but technology is an area where skills change regularly, and organizations need guidance.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-rounder
Noun
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The beat has passed through many hands, and most who tackled it were not sartorial obsessives but, rather, gregarious generalists.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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By the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event, most of the survivors were the semiaquatic generalists and one group of aquatic carnivores.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Read on for more details on these new gaming boxes, starting with the jack-of-all-trades Triton.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Gay, a free agent signee, is a jack-of-all-trades linebacker who has started 55 games in his NFL career, contributing 261 tackles, seven sacks and four interceptions.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ludacris praises Miller for his affable personality and his ability to explain things in layman’s terms.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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In layman’s terms, this means that DEB uses plant sugars and natural enzymes to create biobased materials (such as biopolymers) in eco-friendly conditions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“All-rounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-rounder. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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