castoff

Example Sentences

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How Pizza Hut fell from stuffed-crust glory to corporate castoff.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

The Seahawks traded their starting quarterback to another franchise that was desperate for one and turned to someone else’s castoff to replace him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Zach McKinstry, IF/OF, Tigers: Another Dodgers castoff finding a home in Detroit is McKinstry, who has played shortstop, third base, second base and two outfield positions this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

Perhaps that fictitious fish and its castoff fate from half a century ago resonate so deeply in me today because I recently included a similar creature in my new novel, "The Suicide Museum."

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

She rolled over the block of sugar maple, a castoff from someone’s construction project, and it became her perch whenever she had a spare moment.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead