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
Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
But the fun of Last One Laughing is mostly in the mundane, free-for-all nature of gameplay that is people walking around and talking.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
What used to be a sacred system of voting has become a free-for-all, fueling distrust and doubt among the public.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Not an orderly affair, but a free-for-all.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Experts told Rose that the truth is more complicated than a fraud free-for-all.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
But the fun of Last One Laughing is mostly in the mundane, free-for-all nature of gameplay that is people walking around and talking.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
What used to be a sacred system of voting has become a free-for-all, fueling distrust and doubt among the public.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Not an orderly affair, but a free-for-all.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-for-all
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Soaring energy prices and power shortages in Africa, triggered by the Iran war, is leading to public calls for nuclear cooperation and re-invigorated interest in long-term nuclear energy plans, which are underway in more than 20 of the 54 African countries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Greg Horwedel, deputy county administrator, and the county’s chief financial administrator, Tom Fesler, described to commissioners how a public contribution for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium could come together, details first unveiled Thursday.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
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Other brewhouse brawls happen at Magnanimous Brewing in Tampa (Havoc And Haze) and Walking Tree Brewery in Vero Beach (Rooted In Chaos), often drawing 300 to 500 visitors, CCW co-owner Dan Ackerman says.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Angels’ Jorge Soler and Braves’ Reynaldo Lopez get a seven-game suspension for their brawl.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The reboot received a California state tax incentive to shoot in Los Angeles, and Fox hosted an open casting call in February to attract new talent.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Urban Prep, meanwhile, is embroiled in a legal battle with CPS to keep its two high schools open in Bronzeville and Englewood amid mounting financial woes.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The aim is for Abdul to cause havoc in the United States, the West Bank and Iran.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the twentieth century, the same storms that made headlines in New York wreaked quieter havoc across the river.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Hayes and Thornton were two of four unrestricted free agents the Valkyries had going into the offseason.—
Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The deal does mean that Collier will be an unrestricted free agent and unable to be given a core qualifying offer in 2027.—
Staff,
Twin Cities,
17 Apr. 2026
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The commander-in-chief loves chaos, pitting one side against the other.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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The chaos is matched only by the cast assembled to deliver it.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Moms of little kids already know Hanna Andersson—the name behind those iconic, colorful, soft-as-hell PJs (and cute outfits to boot).—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
12 Apr. 2026
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There have been times when the isolation of rehab has felt like being reclused into her own personal pandemic hell, where the solitude or recovery has left her near starving for human connection.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Free-for-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-for-all. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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