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discard

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


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Anyone who has these products should not eat them and should discard them immediately.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

He said they must arrive at their verdict based "solely on the evidence you have seen and heard in this court" and to discard any rumours or speculation they may have heard outside the court.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Nationally, the survey found that 43% of respondents always or usually discard food near or past the date on the label, up from 37% in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Researchers estimate that more than a trillion microplastic fibers may be released worldwide every month as people use and discard these everyday cleaning tools.

From Science Daily Apr. 18, 2026

He turned over a card and it went straight to the discard pile.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Back in the diamond belt of Sierra Leone, Daniel discards another sieve-load of gravel.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

The show’s path to hit status is an unusual story for Hollywood, which often discards shows that aren’t immediately successful.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 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

"This gives us a kind of 'periodic table' of AI methods. Different methods fall into different cells, based on which information a method's loss function retains or discards."

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2026

Bill Brobeck in 1938, next to discards from the lab’s neutron-shielding equipment: cans filled with water.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But what if it were the “move fast” part that should have been discarded?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The utility offered to give investigators access to the trash containers where the pole was discarded, Kushner wrote, but the commission declined to inspect them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

This is why in its 2025 guidance, the U.K.’s Food Standards Agency largely discarded the concept of UPFs.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

It could also involve redesigning some parts, such as battery casings, to make them replaceable so that the battery itself does not need to be discarded after a minor accident.

From BBC Jul. 8, 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

Base-editing technology could one day be used to help parents avoid discarding embryos in the IVF process.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Breeding, says Paul Arens of Wageningen University & Research, "is the art of throwing away", discarding those plants which don't match your ambitions, but it also the art of multiplying what's left.

From BBC May 14, 2026

We are rewarding technical knowledge and discarding the other two.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

That means, in part, becoming more and more of a closed ecosystem, discarding customization methods that might take you away from official big-name apps or, worse, leave a cash-generating option on the table.

From Slate May 3, 2026

He lets out a long sigh, probably discarding more threats.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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