all kinds of
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Also, . All or many varieties of something, as in Before the banquet, they served all kinds of drinks , or He sold exotic fruit of all sorts , or The museum featured all manner of artifacts . [Early 1300s]
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A large amount of something, as in She has all kinds of money . This hyperbolic usage is colloquial.
Example Sentences
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"They made us do all kinds of things we didn't want to do," another adds.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
That raises all kinds of questions about conflicts of interest.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Steep memory price hikes are hurting sales of all kinds of consumer electronics, nowhere more so than in PCs.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
“It’s running all of your assistants and they’re doing all kinds of things for you all the time.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
We tried all kinds of things on Howard, but the only thing that worked at all was scouring powder, and that didn’t work too well.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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