slough off

At a time when capitulating to the mainstream was regarded as selling out, R.E.M.’s move to a major label stung, as if the band had sloughed off its loyalists for the teeming masses.

At the same time, there is growing concern about the health and environmental consequences of microplastics — the bits of degraded plastic that slough off as the product ages, or is used, or washed.

Motherhood has made Slate gentler on herself, sloughing off feelings of foolishness, self-criticism and self-doubt.

The material lasted for about five days, after which it was sloughed off along with the top layer of tissue as the surgical wounds healed.

I’d explain in the simplest terms possible how it is that every month women all over the world slough off embryos that do not implant.