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

His sculptures from this time look like whimsical industrial castoffs or colorful yet mangled theatrical masks, toeing the line between objects and bodies, abstraction and figuration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 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