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catchall

noun

Definition of catchall

as in clutter

something that holds or includes many different things They used the drawer as a catchall for kitchen items.

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Recent Examples of catchall Use it as a clutch, a packing cube, a poolside catchall, or a wet bag for your swimsuit. — Vanessa L. Powell, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026 The compact design keeps everyday shoes in one place while still leaving room on top for a bag or a catchall tray for keys and other small essentials. — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 The white shelves keep things feeling crisp, and because the shelves are open, the piece naturally encourages a more edited look (instead of turning into a catchall for all your bathroom chaos). — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2026 But some have pushed back on the administration’s aggressive tactics and raised concerns that the catchall efforts could needlessly punish law-abiding providers that are trying to serve patients. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for catchall

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Pausing the video creates a stationary picture that allows the words to disappear amid the overall clutter.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Items like reusable grocery bags are thrown out because they are considered clutter.

— Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 14 July 2026

Definition of clutter

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The tarot is a full 78-card deck, with each card an original work of art, usually a composite of gouache painting and collage/lithography.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Hanging above a 19th-century Swedish-oak trestle table sourced from Adam Lloyd is a framed hand-cut paper collage by Lena Wolff.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026

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Cyclospora is most commonly found in salad, raspberries, cilantro, basil, and snow peas.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 14 July 2026
In Asia, and especially in China, people have historically eaten raw goji berries as a snack, added them to salads, used them in soups and juices, and brewed them into herbal teas.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

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On the one hand, the current mishmash of private and public efforts—each with its own disparate goals and visions of nature—does reasonably well to represent the interests of a great many people.

— Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
The result was a mishmash of defense pairings.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 May 2026

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