waste
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That may just be all he can do, and it’s not a complete waste of everyone’s time.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Insurance companies determined fraternities had become such a risk they were ranked “just behind hazardous waste disposal companies and asbestos contractors,” according to the lawsuit filed against the Cornell fraternity brothers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Some council meetings essentially are ceremonial and waste the time not only of representatives but also of their staffers, who could be doing other work, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The results point to both lipid metabolism and cellular waste removal systems as potential therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
She does not want anyone to see that I waste so much time making pictures.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
But the Independent was cooler on the launch episode as a whole, saying the show "wastes Nigella's prodigious charms and misses chance for a true revamp".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It just wastes the strategy — and your money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
I still think the film largely wastes its strong cast, but I framed it badly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Best of all, Wilde wastes no time getting right down to it.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
We fall into step, and he wastes no time.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
The paper calls it a "bid to stop young lives being wasted".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
While Genghis may have been the most skilled chief among his Mongol contemporaries, his skills would have been wasted if he had been born 20 years earlier, or 200 miles to the south.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the age of busyness, it’s easy to worry that even a moment wasted could transform into a pile of stress, and money lost.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
If you’re working hard at the wrong things, “that's wasted effort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
At the far side, Taran distinguished meager clumps of wasted trees.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
"Had that been the case, India could have stored the energy and used it during evening hours rather than wasting it," says Garg.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Without collecting race and ethnicity data in the census, these estimates could not be produced, needlessly wasting resources and endangering lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Executives agreed that AI is delivering outsize value in some cases, but they found that in the majority of cases, it’s wasting more money than it’s worth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Financial planners will typically advise customers to keep their finances simple, which would usually include avoiding wasting time on gimmicks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Yeah. I don't know why he doesn't just give it up. I kinda feel sorry for him, wasting his life, dreaming of being a hero."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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