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discard

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


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If the paper tears, he has to discard the lot, which is why you have to "be very delicate," the 34-year-old artisan explained.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

These search engines and chatbots could help you place a price on items you are trying to discard.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

I never want to discard them again because other people won’t find them useful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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

Must I discard my plot-ideas and seek new ones?

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

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

David: Steve Benen for MS NOW: Trump’s ‘God Squad’ discards the administration’s supposed interest in whale protections; Ella Nilsen for CNN: Only 50 of these whales are left in existence.

From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026

That evening Mrs. Moss prepared her infamous sour broccoli soup, which she made from half-rotten vegetables that she got from a man who delivered crates of supermarket discards.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Any pretense at acceptance has long been discarded.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Some may have been deposited as offerings during funerary ceremonies, while others appear to have been discarded as waste.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

His family have raised concerns about the police search, with his father Steve telling the BBC: "It was like he was just discarded."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

We must stop treating discarded land as a problem and begin seeing it as the solution to building America’s digital infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I grab for anything nearby—there is a discarded petticoat on the floor that I can use to stanch the blood.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

The farmers most knowledgeable about eastern U.S. domesticates, the region’s Native Americans themselves, passed judgment on them by discarding or deemphasizing them when the Mexican trinity arrived.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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