How to Use free-for-all in a Sentence

free-for-all

noun
  • Now that looks more like a free-for-all.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • So now the mayor's race is a free-for-all.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • And that free-for-all had a real impact.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • Then, the rest of the show is a free-for-all of different looks and styles.
    — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Still, cities are looking for ways to not make the streets a robot free-for-all.
    — Michelle Marchante june 3, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • In that case, aim for moderation, not a free-for-all.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Not an orderly affair, but a free-for-all.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Powell joined the free-for-all and pushed both Gordon and Braun.
    — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
  • In New York’s earliest days, the streets were a free-for-all.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • Every single seat had a name tag attached to it, rather than a free-for-all like normal.
    — Sam Sklar, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Instead of free-for-all combat, this mode is more objective-based.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Instead of free-for-all combat, this mode is more objective-based.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
  • Franklin argues that the free-for-all is not a rational way to birth truly creative ideas.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Experts told Rose that the truth is more complicated than a fraud free-for-all.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The shift marks the end of the pandemic’s geographic free-for-all.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • During the free-for-all, an older guy—maybe nineteen or twenty—stepped toward me and swung his bat.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Some experts argue that the free-for-all is not a rational way to birth truly creative ideas.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Liberals tend to feel that the legal gray zone and free-for-all is beneficial.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The free-for-all is widely expected to drive commissions down and force many agents out of business.
    — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The vote came down to something of a free-for-all, with unusual alliances in support of and opposed to the bill.
    — Annie Karni, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, next up is the free-for-all that follows the draft as teams stock summer rosters with undrafted free agents.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
  • Warner Brothers set off a media free-for-all Tuesday.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • All of this has led some bettors to view prediction markets as an insider trading free-for-all.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • To prevent a free-for-all, no single country can authorize mining in the Area.
    — Coalter G Lathrop, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But while some may have been expecting a candy-laden free-for-all, the results proved somewhat surprising.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The result is a free-for-all and one of the relatively few toss-up House races anywhere in the country.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The free-for-all ethos introduced on X is spreading across social media platforms, too.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • These dedicated vessels of fun seem truest to the free-for-all of their downtown New York scene.
    — Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Nobody is saying having an open audition in a free-for-all convention would be anything but messy.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
  • Instead, Shop is plagued by the same problems with a free-for-all marketplace that Amazon has faced.
    — Alex Barinka, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023

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