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Recent Examples of kitchen-sink Ketchum’s running bit fit right in with the kitchen-sink comedy of series creators Buck Henry and Mel Blanc. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025 The production has a kitchen-sink approach with live singers, dancers, gymnasts (aerial and grounded), puppeteers, a drummer and a variety of special effects. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025 Haptic surfaces on the steering wheel are surrounded by an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink array of buttons and switches. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025 Visually speaking, Jing takes an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to collapsing the film’s human characters and its vast landscape into a single fluid entity. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025 Among these formulas is the kitchen-sink drama: Step 1: Confine an ensemble of characters, all of whom have long histories with one another, in a home for a predetermined period of time. Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2025 Heightened by the absence of Klay Thompson’s floor-spacing, Curry has been facing kitchen-sink defenses and relying on role players to relieve the building pressure. Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 Being Dead do zippy low-fi kitchen-sink catchiness as well as anyone since the Guided By Voices of Bee Thousand. Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitchen-sink
Adjective
  • Rashid also said that Chiu wasn’t afraid to look to more eclectic works for potential purchases.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The scope of Huntrix’s fictional audience is emphasized through overhead shots of massive arena concerts, and made more personal by close-ups of the eclectic men, women, and children united through their commitment.
    Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because the sliding molecules are built into the gel (not just mixed in), their motion directly couples with the gel’s stretching.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Known for excellent hazy IPAs as well as a stellar mixed fermentation/sour program, Hill Farmstead is worth the drive as some beer people consider a visit to their small but inviting tasting room almost a religious pilgrimage.
    Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The $349 Security Starter system comes with a base unit (ADT's equivalent of a hub), three door/window sensors, a motion sensor, and assorted yard signs and stickers.
    John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also a whole other panel of buttons on the right and assorted switches and displays around the cockpit.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Demi Moore is one star who knows the power of a varied, aesthetic-spanning serve.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Colorado has the talent, depth and varied skillsets to build an elite power play.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Kitchen-sink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitchen-sink. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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