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The phrase “gender ideology” has emerged as a “catchall term” for far-right anxieties about declining fertility rates and a decrease in “traditional” heterosexual families, he said.

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The term “Ugly Cakes” — rendered in all caps, with evident disdain — was the author’s catchall for what she saw as a style gone off the rails.

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A pour-over will is a catchall measure to ensure that anything owned at death ends up in the trust if it wasn’t transferred during life.

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For over a century, Americans have used Spanish first names as catchall slurs against Latinos.

In some cases, they cited a catchall exemption that keeping the records private clearly outweighs the public interest, with no further explanation.

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