all-rounder

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Recent Examples of all-rounder If Mitchell presented himself as a recruitment specialist (though his watch was marked by a lack of signings), then Wilson is more of an all-rounder, a builder, an enabler. George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 Notably, all-rounder Romario Shepherd will make a return after missing out on the ODI tour in May-June. Paras J. Haji, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 The 198-kilometer route from Muret to Carcassonne features a rolling profile that favors breakaway specialists and strong all-rounders. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025 Best all-rounder under $300 The Celestron Nature DX 12x56 are an excellent pair of binoculars, capable of handling most tasks. Chris McMullen, Space.com, 16 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-rounder
Noun
  • Eventually the pieces start fitting together and the manager becomes a generalist.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • From there, generalists help to refine and adapt projects, while specialists elevate execution in their domains.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With a price of around $170,000, the Switchblade is the most accessible vehicle for hobbyists and private pilots.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Popular Science recently spoke with Tom about his life-long love of cars, the Vacation movies, and his advice for other hobbyists.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For laymen, these molecules are involved in chemical reactions that lead to more complex molecules essential to organic life.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Still, this hasn't quelled the anxieties of anyone with a professional or layman's interest in space science.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025

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“All-rounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-rounder. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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