discarding

Example Sentences

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By discarding more of the increases, the Dallas Fed index inadvertently understated the upward trend in inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Schrader said it typically takes him four to six months to fully develop a screenplay idea, a process of testing, discarding and gradually refining concepts until they either strengthen or collapse under scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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

We are rewarding technical knowledge and discarding the other two.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 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