disposable
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But as in a two-for-one, if you can be sold on the myth that AI is superhuman, it travels along with the idea that regular humans are disposable.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Relative poverty means a household has disposable income after housing costs below 60% of the UK median, adjusted for family size and composition.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
His sudden rise had made him "an easily disposable product," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pioneer typically works with food, medical and industrial supply companies, creating disposable trays made of materials such as polystyrene or polyvinyl chloride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Last fall we were at a neighborhood potluck dinner when Aretha ate a baby’s disposable diaper.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
"I'd buy disposables and in the early days we'd get through 25 a day," continues Green, who lives in Broadstairs in Kent and runs an online community focused on motherhood issue.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
His philosophy is to use features like color, weight, and shape to communicate containers’ reusability, making it less plausible that people will confuse them for disposables.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
Greenpeace campaigner Leanne Tam hopes that the new law will discourage the throwaway culture and promote reusables, instead of “greener” disposables.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Over half of the charities Newsbeat spoke to suggested they'd like to hand out more reusable products but a number indicated that disposables, such as tampons and pads were still preferred by women.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
Today's cameras-from the disposables to the fully automated-encapsulate everything we have to know to operate them.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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