discarded

Example Sentences

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When made on a grand, industrial scale, art requires a team, always with the risk of significant contributors feeling discarded or resentful.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

They discarded coaches and general managers like chicken-wing bones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Heuermann, a 62-year-old married father of two, was arrested in July 2023 in Manhattan after authorities obtained his DNA from a discarded piece of pizza outside his mid-town office.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

No suspect has been identified and announcements of potential clues -- including discarded gloves -- have not led to further progress.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

All her half-empty medicine bottles and discarded face-cream jars, with torn-up bills and letters.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier