throwaway
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For a rare breed of travel enthusiast, the free toiletry pouches are more than a throwaway convenience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
If you think this volume was a throwaway effort, think again: it is 640 pages long.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Clearly, the algorithm masters aren’t too precious about these throwaway texts; their core strategy will always be to embrace whatever seems to work best in the moment.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Soon after landing, he delivered a throwaway line repeating that the US should really take over Greenland, an island that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a fellow Nato member.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Other than a couple of junky things that I probably should have put in the throwaway pile, we sell it all.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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