"No, I'm kind of a general-purpose instructor in basics.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of the Matter]

In the 1950s the first general-purpose credit cards were issued by banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumer society] Reference

It's a very powerful and general-purpose tool, but it is a lot like a car.    From Wordnik.com.  [No, It's Not the New Napster] Reference

They will want to use them any way they want, as a general-purpose device.    From Wordnik.com.  [Note to Apple: Stop Thinking Like a Phone Company] Reference

• Store cards are easier to qualify for than general-purpose credit cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the sales counter, resist the store-card pitch] Reference

Coconut is a general-purpose fruit, as practically all parts of it are usable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Application with general-purpose constructional steel, low-alloy steels, cast iron.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Tools for metal drilling] Reference

WN: How many qubits (does it take) to make the general-purpose quantum computer useful?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Father of Quantum Computing] Reference

A mild soap available in liquid or bar form that can be used for general-purpose cleaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the Day: How to make your own (less-toxic) household cleaners] Reference

I have many personalities and forms and talents because I am a general-purpose substitute.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roc and a Hard Place]

A general-purpose hardware and software platform can do the same thing for a lot less money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rise Of The Tablet Computer] Reference

That field is now dominated by general-purpose "x86" microprocessors from Intel Corp. and AMD.    From Wordnik.com.  [Graphics Chips May Play Outside Games] Reference

Emacs is an excellent choice for new users interested in a general-purpose or programming editor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage] Reference

Pinus caribaea from natural forests is used in Nicaragua and Honduras for general-purpose pulpwood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

For some of this work, Intel doesn't even need a general-purpose operating system such as Windows or Linux.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intel-McAfee, Take Two] Reference

A general-purpose support communications net provides service to all troops located in its area of deployment.    From Wordnik.com.  [FM 100-61 Chptr 7 Command and Control]

Or crazed general-purpose sociopath (remember the sad character who took over an HRC office in NH months ago).    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Campaign Offices In Terre Haute Targeted By Bomb Threats] Reference

There was a murmur of awe at this, causing the Judge to issue a general-purpose glower that silenced the sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roc and a Hard Place]

These were general-purpose machines that ferried people and supplies around, and evacuated the wounded and dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [1968]

As a result, these cards typically carry higher interest rates and lower credit lines than general-purpose cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Store-Brand Credit Cards Boom] Reference

Does anyone know of a general-purpose storage space provider that allows different protocols to access the drive?.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Lycos email tops Gmail in storage, attachment size] Reference

Such specialized retail credit cards differ from so-called general-purpose cards used at multiple-location stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Store-Brand Credit Cards Boom] Reference

GRANGE: I think it'll be more simultaneous use of forces this time, both general-purpose and special-operating forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2002] Reference

We have to specialize for these new types of war, but we never want to give up the capability for a general-purpose war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathan Gardels: Mike McConnell: An American Spymaster on Cyberwar] Reference

Hester says modules will be mixed and matched to create multi-core processors suited more to general-purpose applications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Silicon Marriage Made in Heaven: Graphics, Computation on One Chip] Reference

UNATA market a general-purpose, manually-operated machine that operates both as a hammer mill and a decorticator for palm nuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

However, it expressly reserved judgment on the alternative test: whether a general-purpose computer was "a particular machine.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Brian Kahin: NPEs and Abstract Patents] Reference

Specialty cards and department-store cards usually have higher interest rates than general-purpose cards like Visa or MasterCard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Card Facts] Reference

DSN - Defense Switched Network (formerly Automatic Voice Network or Autovon); basic general-purpose, switched voice network of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

“My apologies again, Harman Uhr,” said the servitor in the almost-male voice used by all general-purpose servitors everywhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

And yet John McCain flew to Texas to accept the endorsement of anti-Catholic bigot (and general-purpose nutcase) Pastor John Hagee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Kleiman: McCain and the Bigot] Reference

That isn't a big surprise in the card industry: private-label cards traditionally have higher loss rates than general-purpose cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobody's Snapping Up GE's Plastic] Reference

Microprocessors, which manage general-purpose calculating functions, help determine how fast a computer runs many kinds of software.    From Wordnik.com.  [Graphics Chips Reshape the Battlefield] Reference

So we've created the Consumer Reports Value Index ™ (below) to help you get the best general-purpose cordless drill for your money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find the best value in cordless drills] Reference

We may have heard it all before-the tales of alcoholism, adultery, bisexuality and general-purpose misery -- in daughter Susan Cheever's 1984 memoir "Home Before Dark.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story He Told Himself] Reference

My generation grew up just as home-economics classes were being phased out and credit cards were being ushered in (the general-purpose credit card took off in the late '60s).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Penny Saved is a Penny Spent] Reference