castoff

Example Sentences

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Batoul, a 77-year-old pensioner in a poor area of south Tehran whose rent alone rose this year to more than twice her monthly pension, began asking for a grocery store’s castoff fruit each night, hoping to find a few edible pieces among the rot.

From New York Times

But the others went to a rookie wideout, Skyy Moore, and a New York Giants castoff obtained in an October trade, 2021 first-round draft choice Kadarius Toney.

From Washington Post

Resurrecting "Kitten Bowl" as the "Great American Rescue Bowl" and returning Beth Stern as its host, is another instance of Abbott picking up a Hallmark castoff and luring the audience that channel abandoned away to his new place.

From Salon

I’ve been given castoff items from “downsizing” family members, and overwhelmingly, it’s junk that just needed to be thrown in the trash or donated.

From Washington Post

People’s castoff items are “a very generative source for art,” he says.

From Washington Post