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Recent Examples of versatile The versatile Ferdi Kadioglu is only just back in contention after a toe injury which required surgery and ruled the Turkey international out from November onwards last season. Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025 Plantains are a starchy, versatile fruit best enjoyed cooked. Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025 Good enough that, a scant two seasons into his career, the versatile Frenchman might already have a pretty good shot at hoops immortality. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025 Its development began in Japan in the late 1980s, where a seed research company spent eight years engineering a vegetable that was milder in taste than broccoli, better suited to warmer climates and more versatile in the kitchen. Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for versatile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for versatile
adaptable
Adjective
  • The company pointed out that the integration of laser systems on the lightweight, highly mobile ISV platform reflects a commitment to scalable, adaptable, and expeditionary force protection solutions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Samsung's success has shown that foldables are a functional evolution of mobile hardware—one that turns the phone into an adaptable tool able to transition from compact to expansive, depending on the task at hand.
    Mark Vena, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Versatile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versatile. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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