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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
Old books and vintage silver tea trays make wonderful risers or catchalls for jewelry, coins, and keys.
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Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
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?
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Michelle Mastro,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
The collection also features Italian espresso cups, a Murano ashtray, and leather catchalls, among other items.
—
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
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New designs are layered on top of old, creating accidental collages between eras.
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Hockney’s paintings and drawings, as well as his later photo collages and digital works, invariably had a playful, exploratory, interrogative relationship with perspective, light, scale, framing, rendering—the basic components of picture-making.
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However, the presence of complex carbon compounds in ancient sediments strengthens the case for further investigation.
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Researchers believe the effect may be linked to menthol, one of peppermint's primary active compounds.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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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.
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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.
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If you're done with dinner but not yet ready to head home, climb the stairs to My New Joint—a cocktail lounge, tapas bar, and music venue—for freshly shucked oysters from the east and west coasts of the USA, an adult beverage (or three), and a menu of salads, fondues, and desserts.
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The Pool Grill is another casual option, with things like burgers and salads.
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Its outer space is filled with cosmic detritus, mean characters and cute critters.
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Despite those efforts, the pool still faced algae blooms and needed to be emptied out periodically to clean out algae, goose droppings and other detritus.
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In the doing, her film expands to accommodate notions of class, solidarity and privilege – in what is now a timeless snapshot of a rapidly evolving society.
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Popular notions of philanthropy as merely a game for the ultrawealthy to fund partisan projects and commit fraud have left the sector vulnerable to political attacks, as the Council on Foundations sees it, influencing policies that hamper essential community services.
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The wines nod to both Rhône and Bordeaux varieties grown across three estate vineyards in the Rocks District and Yakima Valley, with room for quirks such as Picpoul and the Portuguese Tinta Cão that grow almost nowhere else in the country.
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The bakery will offer more than 150 varieties of breads, pastries and desserts.
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“Catchalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catchalls. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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