discard
Example Sentences
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To remove that bias, the Dallas Fed designed its index to discard the 31% biggest increases in a given month, but only the 24% biggest decreases.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Without the agreement Scotland fans would have had to leave their sporrans in lockers outside or discard them altogether.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The circular economy seeks to move away from the traditional "extract, produce, discard" approach.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
“Simple. Each of you loses his or her library card and adds it to the discard bowl for our next lucky contestants to try and win.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing discard
Good Riddance
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The Circuit
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Stuart Little
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