wasting
Example Sentences
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Investors are largely wasting their time when expending significant time and resources to find stocks they think will outperform the market — unless they hold these stocks for many years.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
But she’s also vain and doesn’t want to be remembered as wasting away.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
“That’s true if you retain the customer. But if you don’t retain them, then you are just wasting dollars. So we’re working on both lowering our customer acquisition cost and improving our retention.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"I just feel that we're wasting our lives in here and rotting away," Craig said.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Tall, bullet scarred, small-eyed, and jittery, he seemed to be wasting away from within—hence his nickname, Slim.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
