discard

Example Sentences

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She testified that she dropped him off near the Spohr’s home and later saw him discard items from his backpack after they crossed the Nevada state line.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The circular economy seeks to move away from the traditional "extract, produce, discard" approach.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Wood expects ramping volumes to lend themselves to margin expansion, along with the phaseout of expedited shipping and elevated discard rates.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

"We can't discard it entirely," Harjeet Singh, an activist with the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, told BBC News.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

I took the paper and put it in my pocket, intending to discard it as soon as I could.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers