multipurpose

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Recent Examples of multipurpose While there were rumors that SEG would pursue a multipurpose arena in Salt Lake City for both of its teams, Ryan Smith, the founder of Qualtrics, instead publicly committed to developing the Delta Center. Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Fox News Digital spoke to multiple health experts about the multipurpose mineral, which plays a role in over 300 of the body’s enzyme systems and helps with energy production, muscle and nerve function, and blood pressure regulation. Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025 Stadiums, essentially multipurpose clones of one another in size and shape, were being built away from urban centers. Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025 Instead of trashing your eggshells, start using them as a multipurpose cleaner. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for multipurpose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multipurpose
Adjective
  • While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
  • Brown said the broader language in the bill that’s perturbing foreign investors is likely intended to be a safeguard against semantic workarounds for instituting digital service taxes and subsidiary top-up taxes — not to be a general-purpose punitive tool in an escalating trade war.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • The lack of a universal fashion message was offset by the versatility of the styling options offered that embraced different heritage menswear references — from soft and lightweight iterations of traditional suiting to refined workwear tropes and a good chunk of preppy inflections.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • Nelson’s debut solo album, American Romance (produced by Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon), is brimming with universal observations about love, loss, family, perseverance, and the cycle of birth and death.
    Rachel Brodsky, Time, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Be adaptable, as your plans with friends and loved ones may change on a whim.
    Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 June 2025
  • Native Americans also believed spiderwort to be a sign of strength and endurance, possibly because the plant is adaptable to different conditions, though not in my yard.
    Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle are two of the clubs credited with an interest in signing Acheampong, the versatile defender who made 12 first-team appearances for Chelsea across all competitions last season and started their 3-0 win over ES Tunis in the FIFA Club World Cup on Tuesday.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The 6-9 forward is a McDonald’s All-American and Gatorade player of the year for Virginia with versatile skills.
    Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Also to improve all-round visibility, one other update includes a surprisingly upright A-pillar and rounded glass at both sides of the windshield to allow drivers to see as far around the next upcoming bend as possible, which is a must for any good sports car.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • And 2023’s best all-round running watch from Garmin, the Forerunner 965.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

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“Multipurpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multipurpose. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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