catch-all

noun

1. 1. something designed to cover a variety of situations or possibilities
   2. ( as modifier )

      a catch-all clause

Example Sentences

While therapy is a proven tool to improve mental health – 75% of individuals who seek out therapy report benefits – it’s often pitched as a catch-all solution to a comprehensive, systemic problem that requires more than one solution, experts say.

From Salon

“If ‘Baby Reindeer’ has proved anything, it’s that there’s no set formula to this, that you don’t need big stars, proven IP, long-running series, catch-all storytelling to have a hit.”

From Los Angeles Times

Despite Saujani’s question about lightening the hardships working parents, especially women, face to stay in the workforce, Trump maintained that his economic proposals would act as a catch-all solution even though numerous economic experts say that Trump’s economic policies will actually weaken the economy, increase inflation, and increase prices of goods and services for the average American.

From Salon

Despite Mr Mata’s protestations that he had never been in or worked for a gang, the troops detained him for “illicit association” – a catch-all term used under the State of Exception to round people up.

From BBC

“It’s inclusive. It’s diverse. It doesn’t have a defined clothing or culture or music. It is a catch-all … it’s a tool to spread stoke.”

From Los Angeles Times