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discard

[dih-skahrd, dis-kahrd] / dɪˈskɑrd, ˈdɪs kɑrd /


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"To understand one day that you think you're important to somebody, and then all of a sudden you're not. They discard you like a piece of garbage."

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

"Consumers who have any recalled product should discard it immediately and not consume it. Refunds are available at the location of purchase," it added.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

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

Researchers estimate that more than a trillion microplastic fibers may be released worldwide every month as people use and discard these everyday cleaning tools.

From Science Daily Apr. 18, 2026

He finishes his cider and finds a bin to discard his cup, though as soon as he places it within the shadowed container it seems to vanish.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

They agree to meet again, but Kip completely discards his Western life.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Back in the diamond belt of Sierra Leone, Daniel discards another sieve-load of gravel.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

The show’s path to hit status is an unusual story for Hollywood, which often discards shows that aren’t immediately successful.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

I leave him leaning over the puzzle, his hair falling forward as he picks up pieces and discards them, one after one.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

He understood military power and negotiating leverage, but he also knew that diplomacy can’t succeed if governments believe promises are merely words to be discarded when they become inconvenient.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Building on that long history, Dai proposed using molten salts for an entirely different purpose: converting discarded polymers into useful fuels.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

All of them — RVs, makeshift shelters, a few shipping containers and one compound of discarded school bungalows — fall within the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Many tonnes of meat in the processing stage had to be discarded.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

They shouted at him, demanding to know why he had been so cruel as to deny a discarded shawarma to a dead man.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

AFP reporters saw hundreds of people -- men, women and children -- entering Ceuta, discarding flotation rings and clothes used in their crossing.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Billy Smith—his hair loose, wearing a dress, and barefoot after discarding his low-heel pumps—danced the woman invoked in the song.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

He told officers he did not know the items were in his bag and would be fine discarding them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Breeding, says Paul Arens of Wageningen University & Research, "is the art of throwing away", discarding those plants which don't match your ambitions, but it also the art of multiplying what's left.

From BBC May 14, 2026

Having mounded them up, I shuffled through them, discarding some upon the floor.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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