- present participle of waste.
wasting
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Arvinas is pursuing two candidates for Parkinson’s disease and for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, a rare disorder that leads to progressive muscle weakness and wasting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
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
“Do you represent the zeitgeist of the moment or are you wasting everybody’s time?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He knew that the longer he took, the more energy he was wasting, and Bixby Alexander Tam did not like to waste energy.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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