castoffs

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Refusing to believe it, GMO gave wide berth to the high-tech darlings of the day but instead bought such bubble-market castoffs as high-dividend-paying real-estate investment trusts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Not long after that, we’re reminded that emergency room doctors and nurses are caregivers for society’s castoffs – the forgotten elderly, the unhoused, and families barely remaining afloat.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

Historically, the performance of media-stock spinoffs has relied largely on how the separations were viewed — either as splits that could stand on their own feet, or castoffs of undesirable properties.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

In a video from the scene, the army green tank towers alongside rusty scraps of metal and other industrial castoffs.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

"My stars, I've never seen such rags on a boy. They look like castoffs from the old-clothes man."

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman