discard

Nationally, the survey found that 43% of respondents always or usually discard food near or past the date on the label, up from 37% in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

In torrential rain, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy regularly dried his gloves, but the ball boys repeatedly tried to discard his towel.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

The lack of gas tanks makes them easier to transport and cheap enough to discard wherever they land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

“None of your damned shadowy Karhidish metaphors, now, Estraven. I waive shifgrethor; I discard it. Will you answer me?”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Back in the diamond belt of Sierra Leone, Daniel discards another sieve-load of gravel.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

The show’s path to hit status is an unusual story for Hollywood, which often discards shows that aren’t immediately successful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

David: Steve Benen for MS NOW: Trump’s ‘God Squad’ discards the administration’s supposed interest in whale protections; Ella Nilsen for CNN: Only 50 of these whales are left in existence.

From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026

As the day wore on, the pile of discards grew.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

That foil packet tucked neatly with your dry noodles is meant to be used, not discarded.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Their mostly anonymous work personalized mass-produced material by decorating dog tags and coins, and recycling debris such as discarded shell and bullet cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It could also involve redesigning some parts, such as battery casings, to make them replaceable so that the battery itself does not need to be discarded after a minor accident.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Those discarded bones later became an unexpected resource for another group of animals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

I focus my eyes on a couple of seagulls fighting over a discarded slice of pizza.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Donating it doesn’t feel right, she said, and neither does discarding it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Schrader said it typically takes him four to six months to fully develop a screenplay idea, a process of testing, discarding and gradually refining concepts until they either strengthen or collapse under scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

We are rewarding technical knowledge and discarding the other two.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

That is what United hierarchy will be discarding if they choose to replace Carrick in three games' time.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

Piggy was mooning about, aimlessly picking up things and discarding them.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding