discarded

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In other words: Stocks that have been largely discarded, but that have also recently seen a small uptick in buying from their worst levels, are the ones to look at.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

It’s the blueprint OKC has been using, the same one the Lakers discarded to go big-name hunting, bringing aboard Westbrook by trading away Caldwell-Pope, Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell and a No. 22 pick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Those vows are easy to adopt in adolescence, but they tend to be discarded by one’s late teens or early twenties.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Living in Tokyo in the early 1980s when our bakeries didn’t yet sell pita, I found directions in a discarded James Beard cookbook and made my own.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Over and over he crosses out symbols and numbers, discards books in favor of others, and then returns to the discarded ones again.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern