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View definitions for throwaway

throwaway

adjective as in makeshift

noun as in aside

noun as in pamphlet

noun as in periodical

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This can be connected in part to recently passed public policy mandating that caterers and restaurants reduce throwaway containers.

From Salon

Badenoch has not ruled out leaving the ECHR, but has repeatedly said there needs to be a bigger plan and not just "a throwaway promise to win a leadership election."

From BBC

To him, it’s a throwaway expression of gratitude.

From Salon

There is a throwaway quote from Hitler, and visual jokes such as Morris igniting a cigarette with a burning light that provide the film with its irreverent verve.

From Salon

For Waterhouse, the discovery of the arachnid wasn’t just throwaway internet fodder — it became a metaphor for her own memoir and, in turn, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” due Sept. 13 on Sub Pop.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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