scrap

Example Sentences

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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

What followed was a scrap between two players, including a Seahawks receiver who committed blatant pass interference.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

The paintings, the carved crucifixes showed at the least a scrap of cloth.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom