discharged

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When insurers rejected those prices, the company discharged patients and pressured parents to appeal the insurers’ decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Conventional desalination produces liquid brine that must be treated, disposed of, or discharged into the environment.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

When discharged back into the ocean, brine can damage marine ecosystems by increasing salinity and reducing oxygen levels.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Event organisers said six other spectators and the motorbike racer had now been discharged from hospital.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

They visited the hospital wing twice a day: Neville had been discharged, but Bill remained under Madam Pomfrey’s care.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling