discard
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Nationally, the survey found that 43% of respondents always or usually discard food near or past the date on the label, up from 37% in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
It was a strange sight in Los Angeles, seeing stadium workers asking attendees to discard flags in an effort to censor the expression of people here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
It is easier for a newcomer to discard a tool than for the person who spent years using it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
In torrential rain, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy regularly dried his gloves, but the ball boys repeatedly tried to discard his towel.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
He finishes his cider and finds a bin to discard his cup, though as soon as he places it within the shadowed container it seems to vanish.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The show’s path to hit status is an unusual story for Hollywood, which often discards shows that aren’t immediately successful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
"This gives us a kind of 'periodic table' of AI methods. Different methods fall into different cells, based on which information a method's loss function retains or discards."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
It also discards homes that have been listed for more than six months, as it considers them to be unlikely to sell.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
The helm came off, and went to join the rest of the discards.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Cambridgeshire Police said the force had disposed of 972 canisters over the past 12 months and confirmed officers had also noticed a rise in the larger canisters being discarded.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
That includes used oxygen cylinders, discarded climbing gear and human excrement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
That foil packet tucked neatly with your dry noodles is meant to be used, not discarded.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The result suggests that living plastics could eventually be used in products that need to remain durable for a limited time but should not persist after they are discarded.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
I discarded my high-necked blouses and began to wear more fashionable cuts—fitted, often sleeveless, with less restrictive necklines.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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For salad lovers, experts recommend buying whole heads of lettuce and removing and discarding the outer couple of layers of leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He told officers he did not know the items were in his bag and would be fine discarding them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Breeding, says Paul Arens of Wageningen University & Research, "is the art of throwing away", discarding those plants which don't match your ambitions, but it also the art of multiplying what's left.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
We are rewarding technical knowledge and discarding the other two.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Tfet, I also feel pangs of guilt even for thinking of discarding it like that.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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