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

Nevertheless, Republicans are convinced that the military is being rapidly destroyed from the inside by “wokeness,” a catchall term that refers to any development related to a social issue that conservatives don’t like.

From Washington Post

Like Lizzo’s supporters, McGrady worried the word is now being used as “a catchall defense for those trying to evade public criticism of any kind.”

From Los Angeles Times