scraps
Example Sentences
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For many startups, even the scraps from the department’s trillion-dollar budget would spell success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They also each serve the same purpose: to keep the public distant, confused, and grateful for whatever miserly scraps of information the justices deign to release to us.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
A few hours later, the bones had become weeks of soup — proof that one of the most intimidating “scratch staples” is mostly just time, heat and scraps.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Her husband tried feeding their child scraps of leftover bread as families huddled in an unfinished building near the outpost, some without proper food for days.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
It was hard work getting full on the scraps of crabmeat.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
