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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
Siakam is still a jack-of-all-trades, All-Star-quality player.
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Radical is pitching this category of aircraft as a kind of jack-of-all-trades that can fill gaps left by satellites, drones, and conventional planes.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle more than Germany’s ProSieben, which has spent much of the past two years turning around a huge broadcast liner to become a digital-first business that places jack-of-all-trades streamer Joyn at the center.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Oct. 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
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025
Radical is pitching this category of aircraft as a kind of jack-of-all-trades that can fill gaps left by satellites, drones, and conventional planes.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle more than Germany’s ProSieben, which has spent much of the past two years turning around a huge broadcast liner to become a digital-first business that places jack-of-all-trades streamer Joyn at the center.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack-of-all-trades
Noun
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The center will introduce a new bachelor’s degree in space physics and data science, and a new fast-track master’s degree.—
Samuel O’Neal
February 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
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Holmes, the master scholar-biographer of Coleridge and Shelley, is ideally qualified for such a gig.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Wright has hinted more orders could be coming this year, which experts say could continue inflating customer bills around the nation.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The rival bids have drawn scrutiny from antitrust experts and lawmakers, who worry that either death could reduce competition in an entertainment industry already dominated by streaming giants.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Feb. 2026
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Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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And the first half was a virtuoso blend of aggressiveness and controlling tempo from Payton, as Nix had a couple of deep shots to Marvin Mims and Lil'Jordan Humphrey, but also controlled the game with his legs.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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There's macho panache and white-knuckle action sequences aplenty as Pitt's eccentric Formula 1 veteran plays reluctant mentor to a hotshot rookie (Damson Idris).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Anatomy Of An Alibi by Ashley Elston Aubrey Price assumes the identity of out-of-towner Camille Bayliss to uncover dark secrets about Camille’s husband, hotshot lawyer Ben, but their plan spirals out of control when Ben is found murdered.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Ganado Unified School District saw a 159 percent increase in students who tested proficient.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Hispanic kids were likewise lagging the state average, 37% proficient in English and 30% in mathematics.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Former President Barack Obama's foundation sent support to Bad Bunny ahead of the Latin artist's Super Bowl LV halftime performance in a post that also appeared to counter recent criticism of the show's headliner.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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At the halftime show for the Super Bowl — or the ‘Benito Bowl’, or ‘Bad Bunny Bowl’, as many have dubbed it online — Bad Bunny became the first artist to perform a half time show entirely in Spanish.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is known to be a connoisseur.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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The comic book connoisseur, superhero loving, biography reading version of myself has an obsession with origin stories.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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Hayden Hackney is an all-rounder but also one of the Championship’s best at getting his team upfield, and would have no qualms helping out a Sunderland side who will continue to prioritise defensive solidity until May — and probably beyond.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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From the outset, Bowie presented himself less as that degraded breed—a rock star—and more as a cultural all-rounder.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
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