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a person who has many skills; a person who can do many different jobs
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Recent Examples of jack-of-all-trades
This jack-of-all-trades approach, at a starting price of only $2,368, resulted in 420,000 examples being sold the first year.
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Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
However, some cooks find that this is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none situation — an electric tortilla maker doesn’t produce the same quality of tortilla as a manual one.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Oz then recognizes an opportunity to audition Vic as a jack-of-all-trades amid his bid to grab power following the Riddler’s murder of Gotham’s most notorious crime lord (and Oz’s boss), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), in The Batman.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
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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Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
However, some cooks find that this is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none situation — an electric tortilla maker doesn’t produce the same quality of tortilla as a manual one.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Oz then recognizes an opportunity to audition Vic as a jack-of-all-trades amid his bid to grab power following the Riddler’s murder of Gotham’s most notorious crime lord (and Oz’s boss), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), in The Batman.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for jack-of-all-trades
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack-of-all-trades
Noun
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Prior to running The Pitt's emergency department like a pro, the master was just a med student on ER.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Moore connected with Fiorito, then an Arizona State University master of fine arts student, in 2004.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
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The consent order also called for an independent expert compliance contractor to monitor the hospital.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
21 July 2025
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Then, the movements of these tools guided by the hands of expert human surgeons could be recreated by conventional robotic arms like the ones used in STAR.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
21 July 2025
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Perhaps the most systematic attempt to bring order to this chaos comes from Google DeepMind, which in July 2024 proposed a framework with five levels of AGI performance: emerging, competent, expert, virtuoso, and superhuman.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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Even with Caitlin Clark once again sidelined, the Fever have been able to count on the virtuoso scoring talent of Kelsey Mitchell and the veteran expertise of Natasha Howard to help stabilize them.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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One hotshot crew and two Type 2 IA crews remain on the fire today with support from aerial resources.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2025
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Kelly Ramsey details her first day on a hotshot crew battling the fiercest fires the West has ever seen New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you.—
Kelly Ramsey,
Outside Online,
27 June 2025
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For more information on the new duet's artists, visit MirandaLambert.com and ChrisStapleton.com.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
11 July 2025
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Superman was created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, a writer and artist, respectively, who met in high school during the Depression.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
11 July 2025
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For real jewelry connoisseurs, an armoire, like the Hives and Honey Morgan Jewelry Armoire, is both spacious and stylish.—
Jamie Fischer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Here is how to read a label like a true connoisseur.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson, a fine left-arm spinner, should really be in the mix but has been ignored.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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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,
ArsTechnica,
7 July 2025
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The digital adept also had a nearly eight-year stretch at Teen Vogue.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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