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disposable

[dih-spoh-zuh-buhl] / dɪˈspoʊ zə bəl /


ADJECTIVE
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Describing Britain as "a tinderbox" with 37 blazes nationwide on Friday, the prime minister warned against lighting fires outdoors, as the government introduced a ban on selling disposable barbecue equipment.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The Nene Park Trust has banned the use of disposable barbecues in its parks, including at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

A reliable indicator of economic health is real disposable income, which tracks how much extra money people actually have after essentials are paid for.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

He had half a Mars bar left from his outing with Marcus, a disposable camera, the clothes he had on and nothing more.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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

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

But the UK Vaping Industry Association says disposables help smokers quit, and can be recycled.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2023

A wholesaler will import a shipping container of disposables and then sell the contents to smaller distributors, who then sell the products to local independent stores out of vans or trucks.

From Seattle Times Jun. 26, 2023

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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