as in master
a person who has many skills; a person who can do many different jobs
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Recent Examples of jack-of-all-trades
This bomber jacket is the ultimate jack-of-all-trades, effortlessly going with everything in your closet while keeping you looking fab.
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Daisy Maldonado, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Mike has a charm that’s lovable and likely rooted in Rex’s jack-of-all-trades background.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
Opposite Chris’ jack-of-all-trades character in Red One is Dwayne Johnson’s Callum Drift.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Goldfield has a field day as the jack-of-all-trades servant.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Daisy Maldonado, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Mike has a charm that’s lovable and likely rooted in Rex’s jack-of-all-trades background.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
Opposite Chris’ jack-of-all-trades character in Red One is Dwayne Johnson’s Callum Drift.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Goldfield has a field day as the jack-of-all-trades servant.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for jack-of-all-trades
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack-of-all-trades
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Wright holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree in emergency management and homeland security and is a graduate of the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University in Illinois.Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Most of The Row’s handbags skip the flash of any hardware, but this rare jewel masters the art of glamorous ease with its metal fastening.Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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Amazon has also been identified as a potential buyer, with experts pointing to TikTok and Amazon’s deepening ties, such as the announcement of a partnership this year allowing users to browse and purchase products from Amazon on TikTok.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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But compared at least with the infectious threat most prominent in very recent memory, H5N1 should have been a manageable foe, experts outside of federal agencies told me.Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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In today's job market, choosing between being a virtuoso or polymath is like choosing between a chef's knife and a Swiss Army knife - one perfectly crafted for a specific purpose, the other ready for anything.Ann Kirschner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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From co-creators Powell and Michael Waldron, the half-hour comedy follows hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday (Powell), whose bad behavior hurts his college career.Marc Berman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Hope may be on the horizon for United after its hiring of hotshot Portuguese manager Ruben Amorim.Alex Tabet, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Gordy was hesitant to let artists try to send a message with their music.Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2025
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Headlining the event is Faye Toogood, the multidisciplinary British artist who has been named M&O Designer of the Year 2025.Kissa Castaneda, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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The discerning connoisseur who values timeless elegance.Lela London, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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On a case-by-case basis, when the works were good, collectors and connoisseurs took notice.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, and all-rounders, including Aaron Hardie and Matthew Short, have also made the team for the Championship.Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ensuring strengths in all three makes for a great corporate all-rounder, but technology is an area where skills change regularly, and organizations need guidance.Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Around him, dense as a swarm of tiny insects, float tiny images of fellow adepts engaged in all manner of outré shenanigans.Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Naomi Goggin Switch to island time—and expect transportation snafus Even with two planners, and a bride adept at project management, there was one logistical hurdle that was tough to cross: local transportation.Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Jack-of-all-trades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack-of-all-trades. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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