catchall

Example Sentences

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You can recognize your niecely anger as the catchall for your distress.

From Washington Post

But then comes a vague catchall provision: “ … or otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so.”

From Washington Post

Now we had a catchall for the feelings of exhaustion and disillusionment — and corporations had a scapegoat.

From Salon

The issue is that the phrase has become a catchall term thrown around for all manner of stomach issues, ranging from bacterial and viral infections to bad indigestion.

From Seattle Times

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

From New York Times