discarded
Example Sentences
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Surgeons have told the BBC that healthy organs can be discarded, and diseased organs can be transplanted.
From BBC
It can be accidentally excluded and left behind in a small membrane-bound structure that is later discarded.
From Science Daily
Jane Magnusson recalled rescuing a first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” that her mother might otherwise have discarded or given to a stranger.
Yeesookyung collects ceramic shards of work discarded by master craftsmen due to minor flaws and reassembles these fragments into bubbling sculptures held together with 24 karat gold.
In a space mission setting, the worms could generate compost from discarded materials such as food scraps or cotton clothing and hygiene products that would otherwise be thrown away.
From Science Daily
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