all and sundry

idiom

formal
: every person
It was clear to all and sundry that something was wrong.

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In a timely reminder that cancelations are never far away at Netflix HQ, the Jeff Goldblum-starrer was axed earlier this week, coming as a surprise to all and sundry. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024 His obsession was money—making it, hoarding it, wheedling it out of all and sundry. Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023 Even more than young men ready to die brilliantly and a willingness to enslave all and sundry to commit a pharaoh to eternity, an empire needs a good writing system. Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2023 To be sure, Fed Chairman Jay Powell assured all and sundry at his recent Congressional testimony that inflation was not a concern. Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021 Let victims, soldiers, defectors — all and sundry — tell their stories. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Jan. 2023 With a market dominance of 44.40%, BTC stands as the most transparent and promising financial network accessible to all and sundry. Dallas News, 26 June 2022 Both Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have assured all and sundry that the recent inflation spike is purely a statistical artifact of the interruptions caused by the pandemic and has nothing to do with more than a decade of low interest rates and easy money. Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 Opening this weekend, The Ranch is sure to lure all and sundry to the end of the world. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 June 2021

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“All and sundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20and%20sundry. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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