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  • present participle of waste.
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wasting

[wey-sting] / ˈweɪ stɪŋ /














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In what might have foreshadowed the 2024 campaign, Priorities USA published 2021 a memo criticizing the bloat in ad spending in Democratic campaigns titled “How Democrats Can Optimize Media Spending And Stop Wasting Millions.”

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024

Sea urchin populations began to explode off the coast of Oregon following the Sea Star Wasting Syndrome pandemic that began in 2013.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Wasting no time — because who needs background or mood?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024

"Now, every game we're going to play for 100 minutes. Wasting time, from my point of view, it is not going to be solved by extending 10 more minutes," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

Wasting no time over coffee, we dashed into several bookstores until success came in Blackwell’s.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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