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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
Read on for more details on these new gaming boxes, starting with the jack-of-all-trades Triton.
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
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
Many scouts compared Williams to Cordarrelle Patterson, a versatile, jack-of-all-trades who’s carved out a 12-year career with six NFL teams.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
These and so many more uses make the pantry staple a real jack-of-all-trades around the house.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
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
Many scouts compared Williams to Cordarrelle Patterson, a versatile, jack-of-all-trades who’s carved out a 12-year career with six NFL teams.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
These and so many more uses make the pantry staple a real jack-of-all-trades around the house.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack-of-all-trades
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Learn how to meal prep like a pro, create quick and nutritious grab-and-go options, and master time-saving hacks that keep you energized without the morning chaos.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 July 2025
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Upper Buffalo Land Becomes Wilderness Area Tom Foti is a master botanist and former ecologist/research chief at the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
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Legal experts say the ruling expands religious freedom rights and breaks from previous court precedent.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 June 2025
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In his expert draft guide, among them noted by the Athletic’s Sam Vecenie were: a lack of athleticism; turnovers, loose handle, unsure footwork, lack of isolation creativity, defensive movement and subpar help-side defense.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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He’s been a glamorous Visual Kei rock star, a classical composer, a virtuoso behind the drum kit, a producer and label owner and entrepreneur, and now, more than ever, an impresario.—
Steve Appleford,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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Little Feat, the archetypal ’70s band originally formed by Lowell George — a guitar virtuoso fired from the Mothers of Invention by Frank Zappa — has survived years of breakups, drug problems and even George’s untimely death in 1979.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
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There were additional engines, a hotshot crew and aircraft en route to the fire Wednesday evening.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
19 June 2025
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But hotshot crews are assigned to the toughest parts of a fireline, and sometimes have to hike the farthest, or do the most grueling labor, tackle kind of the most dangerous assignment.—
Meredith Wolf Schizer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Lee did return at the age of 18 and grew into the iconic martial artist and film star known across the world.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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The effort is following in the footsteps of the Lake Effect project that was launched in 2013 and brought around 40 artists to the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District to transform 19 walls and alleys into canvases.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
2 July 2025
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Smythe balances deeply personal and professional motivations Read Smythe's memoir and find her forever a curious connoisseur and consumer of popular culture birthed by the intersection of an era equally dominated by music videos and nightclubs.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Always a brilliant finisher, her move to Barcelona has turned her into more of an all-rounder, comfortable at linking play and creating space for others to burst into.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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Then there’s the e:Ny1, which Honda is renaming because Chinese customers can’t pronounce it, the CR-V, a brilliant all-rounder, and finally, the HR-V, a hybrid version of the all-electric e:Ny1.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
27 June 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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