as in collages
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
The collection also features Italian espresso cups, a Murano ashtray, and leather catchalls, among other items.
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Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
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?
—Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
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?
—Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catchalls
Noun
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Since the early 1960s, her drawings, watercolors, acrylics, and collages have run like scenic byways along the whooshing turnpike of contemporary art.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The exhibition’s denim collages — cacti, mountains, fences, car keys — frame AI as the latest version of an old American sales pitch.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The reality is that researchers go to great lengths to test all sorts of novel compounds for bug-repelling properties.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Researchers believe prunes work through anti-inflammatory compounds, polyphenols and their effect on gut health and calcium metabolism, though the full mechanism is still being studied.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 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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The result is that the females—suddenly surrounded by, say, five litters of newborn pups—have no idea whose kids are whose.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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Supporters argue the policy would help address the root of the problem by preventing unwanted litters and reducing the number of animals that end up back on the streets.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Red salt from Hawaii is often used for seasoning salads, vegetables and barbecue.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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Those who consume contaminated ready-to-eat cold foods, such as salads and sandwiches, are at higher risk.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
Noun
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In Literature and Painting Playset, 2025, a Cartman-like figure wearing a beret splashes daubs of paint on the screen while a female figure in pilgrim dress delivers a long, disjointed monologue patched together by Kokopeli from Quora posts, art history texts, and other online detritus.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The great piles of detritus in the street had completely vanished.—
Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The heavy hand of British executions, offensive to Indigenous notions of reparative justice, also provoked many.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Both are interested, in different ways, in notions of artifice and authenticity.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Tree peonies, fern peonies, and woodland peonies bloom first; hybrid varieties, like true reds and corals, bloom mid-season; and other peonies bloom in the latter half of spring.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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Endless varieties of insect larvae also make astonishingly effective baits, but few fishermen — except ice-fishermen who buy mealworms and waxworms in bait shops — even use them.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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“Catchalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catchalls. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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