as in unlimited
not limited or specialized in application or purpose
there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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Recent Examples of all-purpose
Cookies and cakes: For treats like cookies and cakes, substitute wheat flour with almond flour, cassava or tapioca flour, or gluten-free all-purpose flour.
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Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Rdn, Health, 16 Apr. 2025
Note: To make this gluten free, omit the all-purpose flour.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2025
Yet Trump’s all-purpose envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to be joined by Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, to explore the parameters of a potential negotiation.
—Trita Parsi, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Dolly Parton’s Country Fried Steak Makes 6 servings 1 1/2 pounds round steak, trimmed of fat and cut into 6 equal portions
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons bacon drippings or beef tallow
2 cups milk
Directions:
1.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Rdn, Health, 16 Apr. 2025
Note: To make this gluten free, omit the all-purpose flour.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2025
Yet Trump’s all-purpose envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to be joined by Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, to explore the parameters of a potential negotiation.
—Trita Parsi, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Dolly Parton’s Country Fried Steak Makes 6 servings 1 1/2 pounds round steak, trimmed of fat and cut into 6 equal portions
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons bacon drippings or beef tallow
2 cups milk
Directions:
1.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-purpose
Adjective
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Includes unlimited digital access and exclusive subscriber-only content.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Now through May 4, entrees start at $14.99 and come with unlimited soup or salad + breadsticks.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Primaries not needed Spanberger and Earle-Sears can both skip competing in a primary and will instead head straight into the general face-off.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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This year is a defining one for Verbeek, who became a first-time NHL general manager in February 2022 after being an acolyte to Steve Yzerman in Tampa Bay and Detroit.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Prompt injection has created a significant barrier to building trustworthy AI assistants, which may be why general-purpose Big Tech AI like Apple's Siri doesn't currently work like ChatGPT.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
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Fertilize container petunias weekly or biweekly with a diluted general-purpose liquid fertilizer when watering.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Apr. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-purpose. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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