disposable

Example Sentences

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Kraft said some families rely on a combination of disposable and cloth diapers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Feces are placed in disposable bags that compact and will be brought back to Earth.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

"Locals in the area don't have as much disposable income as the tourists, so we are reliant on the tourism trade," she tells me.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

They aren’t necessarily high income, but they allocate a large portion of their disposable income to buying clothing, executives said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He remembers when his paternal grandfather died, sometime in the seventies, remembers his mother screaming when she walked in on his father, who was shaving off all his hair with a disposable razor.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri