throwaway
Example Sentences
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A sweet little throwaway in which Mellencamp picks up steaks at the grocery store for a picnic with his daughter Teddi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
It was a throwaway line in a long conversation, delivered with the dry, unshowy confidence he brought to everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Originally pitched as a movie, the comeback is subdivided instead into 30-minute-long quarters, giving them a certain heft, whereas a “TV movie” might have felt like a throwaway, an afterthought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
The Welsh government said laying regulations for Wales's DRS was a major step towards ending throwaway culture.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Other than a couple of junky things that I probably should have put in the throwaway pile, we sell it all.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
