castoff
Example Sentences
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The Seahawks traded their starting quarterback to another franchise that was desperate for one and turned to someone else’s castoff to replace him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
He was brought here by Ned Colletti before the 2014 season as a New York Mets castoff.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
At the 2023 Seattle Art Fair, her 25-foot-tall castoff wire puppets were showstoppers amid the clean white booths.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Cattrall is currently co-starring in "Glamorous," a CW castoff snapped up by Netflix in which she plays cosmetics mogul and former model Madolyn Addison.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2023
She rolled over the block of sugar maple, a castoff from someone’s construction project, and it became her perch whenever she had a spare moment.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
