wastebasket

Example Sentences

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Shareholders get so little in settlement that most never collect their damages; their claim forms end up in the wastebasket.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

These commitments are important, as they give Kennedy something to wad up and christen his wastebasket with when he steps into his new office.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2025

This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

"These are just wastebasket categories for behaviors that create tension, behaviors from individuals who make psychiatrists uncomfortable, and who psychiatrists judge make others feel uncomfortable."

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021

Wintergreen determined the outcome by throwing all communications from General Peckem into the wastebasket.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller