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
Breakfast that morning was a feast—a bit of the rice boiled to a gruel in a castoff earthenware pot, served up in a bowl carved from a gourd.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
