go to waste
Example Sentences
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The results suggest that tyrannosaurs did not let resources go to waste.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
So is there a sweet spot, somewhere between voting in haste and having your ballot go to waste?
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Greek yogurt is one of the few ingredients that has matched my energy in the kitchen: constantly improvising, making it work with what I got, and never letting things go to waste.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
The charity collects surplus food from large supermarkets and wholesalers which would otherwise go to waste.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
I smuggle frozen TV dinners into the refrigerator and con her into eating them by saying they’ll go to waste if she doesn’t.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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