catchall

Example Sentences

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He said the systems served the police’s “customers” — a catchall term for the public.

From New York Times

Republicans nationwide have spun the phrase into a catchall for racial topics related to systemic inequality, inherent bias and white privilege.

From Seattle Times

The term “woke” was transformed into a catchall pejorative used to condemn a range of nonspecific critiques, including disdain for the comprehensive accounting of our nation’s history on race.

From Washington Post

By some advanced metrics, the defense is the higher-rated unit of the two, including in Football Outsiders’ catchall defense-adjusted value over average, which has that unit fourth, with the offense ranked eighth.

From Washington Post

One lesson, Mr. Garton Ash said, is that the decline of traditional catchall parties on both the right and the left is structural — and probably irreversible.

From New York Times