scrap
Example Sentences
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During a scrap of time between active investigations, Stafford opened the digitized files from Cynthia’s case.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Fun fact: That Post-it Notes were originally yellow was happenstance, too; that’s the color scrap paper the lab next door had available.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The government had already dropped plans to include second hand cars in the ban, and now it has decided to scrap the policy altogether.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Members of the European Parliament voted 417 in favor and 154 against to scrap EU levies on U.S. industrial products.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
By the first post I got my directed envelope with a dirty scrap of paper enclosed, on which was written with a carpenter’s pencil in a sprawling hand:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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