catch-all

noun

1. 1. something designed to cover a variety of situations or possibilities

   2. ( as modifier )

      a catch-all clause

Example Sentences

At the time, the catch-all term “post-rock,” which has been used to describe a wide range of styles from acts on both sides of the Atlantic, seemed the most efficient way to convey its sound.

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And honestly, should the police be a catch-all for everything?

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Misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ violence were shunted into a catch-all group.

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And for me, and many others, will it help clear our brain fog, a catch-all term that describes an inability to think clearly, string a sentence together, and remember the simplest of things?

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Junk journaling, yet another marker of younger generations’ continued reversion to physical media, is a catch-all term for a craft practice that incorporates scrapbooking, collaging and journaling.

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