as in public
freely available for use or participation by all
the public library has a free-for-all lending policy
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as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
during the play-offs, fans of the opposing teams clashed in the streets in several free-for-alls
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as in jumble
a state in which everything is out of order
it was a free-for-all when the doors to the arena opened and the crowd rushed in all at once
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Recent Examples of free-for-all
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
And then the free-for-all begins Monday afternoon, though nothing will be official with free agency, sign-and-trades and the like until next Sunday.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
The commission’s members said this would bring a coordinated approach, avoiding a free-for-all in which investors snap up properties and make new homes unaffordable for displaced people.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
And while my guests and I made building our board a free-for-all experience, Delp has a few ideas on really turning it into an event.
—Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
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Instead, next up is the free-for-all that follows the draft as teams stock summer rosters with undrafted free agents.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
And then the free-for-all begins Monday afternoon, though nothing will be official with free agency, sign-and-trades and the like until next Sunday.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
The commission’s members said this would bring a coordinated approach, avoiding a free-for-all in which investors snap up properties and make new homes unaffordable for displaced people.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
And while my guests and I made building our board a free-for-all experience, Delp has a few ideas on really turning it into an event.
—Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-for-all
Adjective
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Reporter Julie Hinds shares more on the future of public programming in this story.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Users can now repost others' public feed posts and video Reels to their own followers.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
9 Aug. 2025
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The votes follow a recent street brawl that sparked concerns about crime in the city.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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One of the victims of a viral brawl that happened in Cincinnati July 26 says she's been forced into hiding after the incident that left her severely injured.—
Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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As open models, microservices and sovereign AI initiatives proliferate, enterprises and research institutions need access to infrastructure that rivals cloud-scale performance—without the cloud-scale overhead.—
Sven Oehme,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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White, however, contradicted that by keeping the door open for UFC to do potential one-off PPV events in an interview with the New York Post.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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As such, bright moonlight will flood the sky through most of that key night and will certainly play havoc with any serious attempts to observe these meteors.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Coach Mike McDaniel’s offense is operating at a fairly efficient rate and defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver’s defense has a front seven that’s capable of creating major havoc in the run and pass games.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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The defender is set to become an unrestricted free agent in 2026, and another major injury would likely lead the team to move on.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Phillips is due to earn $13.3 million this season and is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent after the season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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Nobody’s life but Galileo’s was at stake in his historic clash between religious dogma and scientific fact.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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The moon’s clash with Mars threatens to sidetrack you.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Hollywood is littered with cautionary tales of child actors whose natural development is stunted, leaving them unable to ride the physical and emotional chaos that follows.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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Strictly Come Dancing has been plunged into fresh chaos with the BBC launching an investigation into allegations of drug use on the show.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Free-for-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-for-all. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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