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discard

[dih-skahrd, dis-kahrd] / dɪˈskɑrd, ˈdɪs kɑrd /


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Some restaurants discarded thousands of dollars in fresh produce; others distributed perishables to staff or the community.

From The Wall Street Journal

The British team had initially been placed 4th as Clark's timing chip was in his discarded shoe.

From BBC

It would not have been my first choice for something to discard—I’d have nominated the haggard horse face that stares back at me daily when I shave—but nobody asked me.

From The Wall Street Journal

The moment was captured on video by Grace Springer, a Zillennial who almost discarded the footage after the concert until her friends convinced her it was definitely worth posting on TikTok.

From Los Angeles Times

Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse.

From Barron's