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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 catchalls
When garages become catchalls for everything from garden supplies to holiday decorations, what are the best garage storage ideas that’ll organize this most daunting of home spaces?
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Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Candle jars and containers make great catchalls and jewelry dishes.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Candle jars and containers make great catchalls and jewelry dishes.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catchalls
Noun
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A lot of great artists not known for their collages made collages.—
Laura Brown,
Artforum,
25 Mar. 2026
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The workshop is on making collages inspired by the work of Henri Matisse and will be led by artist Robin Douglas, a recipient of the Art Medal of Distinction from the Oceanside Museum of Art.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Peptides are short strings of amino acids, the same organic compounds that serve as the building blocks for proteins.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Gault also points to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as another often‑overlooked issue.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Right under our noses, coyotes (Canis latrans) may be building dens and having litters of pups.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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Like all rodents, voles have an impressive rate of reproduction with multiple litters per year and 5 to 7 babies per litter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some of our favorite chicken dinner salads are classic American fare, like a chicken Caesar or a Cobb salad.—
Hannah Lee Leidy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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This is a common Turkish and Middle Eastern custom and often includes hummus, pita and salads.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The sun shines on the empty wine bottles and related detritus of last night’s debauched party.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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The area wasn’t all detritus, though.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nearly 100 years later, her predecessor, present-day Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry, has picked up her mantle, combining thrilling design with the machinery of celebrity to change our notions of female beauty and power.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Calculus relies on the notions of infinity and infinitely small quantities (called infinitesimals), but Newton and Leibniz defined these concepts in vague geometric terms; used incorrectly, their formulas could lead to nonsensical calculations, like division by zero.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Verla, meanwhile, gets to know the outback’s many varieties of mushrooms, tinkering with various fungi in hopes of taking revenge on the cruel Boncer.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ritani is a great pick for those who want options, with 10 different shape varieties to choose from, including classics like round, cushion, and oval, as well as marquise, pear, and heart.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Catchalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catchalls. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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