castoffs
Example Sentences
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Refusing to believe it, GMO gave wide berth to the high-tech darlings of the day but instead bought such bubble-market castoffs as high-dividend-paying real-estate investment trusts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Not long after that, we’re reminded that emergency room doctors and nurses are caregivers for society’s castoffs – the forgotten elderly, the unhoused, and families barely remaining afloat.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
Historically, the performance of media-stock spinoffs has relied largely on how the separations were viewed — either as splits that could stand on their own feet, or castoffs of undesirable properties.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
Other artifacts the site may cough up — old bricks, cobblestones and rocks, sometimes accompanied by irresistible castoffs retrieved from the transfer station — become part of the improvised mosaics.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
It was an entire room filled with unwanted things, generations of castoffs and set-asides.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
