castoff

Example Sentences

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Phillips, now 29, transformed himself from castoff to closer, going 10-8 with a 1.74 ERA and 26 saves in 133 games over his first two-plus seasons with the Dodgers and moving from a setup role in 2022 to a ninth-inning role in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps that fictitious fish and its castoff fate from half a century ago resonate so deeply in me today because I recently included a similar creature in my new novel, "The Suicide Museum."

From Salon

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

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