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

The Colorado measure would scrap the state’s flat income tax and establish a graduated system, raising taxes for people making more than $500,000 a year and lowering them for people under that level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

She also recommended French producer Constellium, which recycles aluminum scrap, among other business lines.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

He was unable to exert his influence in forward positions, although this untidy scrap of a friendly against Marcelo Bielsa's side was hardly the stage for creativity to flourish.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

I eat every scrap of food I can get my hands on.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman