castoffs

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Not long after that, we’re reminded that emergency room doctors and nurses are caregivers for society’s castoffs – the forgotten elderly, the unhoused, and families barely remaining afloat.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

Historically, the performance of media-stock spinoffs has relied largely on how the separations were viewed — either as splits that could stand on their own feet, or castoffs of undesirable properties.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Meanwhile, the Brewers are largely a collection of castoffs and unknowns who have somehow coalesced into something greater than their collective pedigrees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Cardboard castoffs, photos of peeling posters and artworks that have either been deemed failures or illicit in some way — here are four exhibitions celebrating the art of imperfection.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

"My stars, I've never seen such rags on a boy. They look like castoffs from the old-clothes man."

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman