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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
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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Quotidian sounds such as traffic, bleeping devices, or pop music overheard in crowded spaces make up much of the source material for her expansive sound collages.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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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
Noun
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These bacteria ferment milk sugar, or lactose, into flavor compounds and organic acids, which give the butter a mild tang and complex flavor.—
Rosemary Trout,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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Witnesses also told the commission that the punishments were carried out in hospital compounds, including the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
9 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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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
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Or, worse, how do dogs and pigs do it, with their litters, all those tiny mouths begging—is that what’s become of me?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The bar and bistro offers a menu filled with salads, soups, fish, meats, and pastas, including an absolutely divine beetroot tagliatelle with crumbly feta and walnuts, that will fuel your winter adventures.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Dec. 2025
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Both rice and quinoa can be nutritious additions to your salads, bowls, and more.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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At its heart was the Gowanus Canal, an open sewer filled with medical waste, industrial chemicals, shipyard detritus and the occasional dead body.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
7 June 2026
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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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Talks would persist for the next two years, often in quiet, until the event that would shatter all notions of complacency toward the Israeli-Palestinian status quo.—
Jennifer Cunningham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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My mother taught literature at a college on Long Island and had notions about where to send me.—
Joan Silber,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Popular varieties include canning staples such as Roma and San Marzano, cherry tomatoes such as Patio Choice Yellow and Tiny Tim, and slicers such as Celebrity, Rutgers, and Early Girl.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
11 June 2026
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Maybe five great varieties, clearly positioned.—
Michelle Williams,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Catchalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catchalls. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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