discarded

Example Sentences

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A member of the public was killed after handling the delivery device, a discarded perfume bottle, triggering the largest Western expulsion in decades of Russian diplomats alleged to be spies.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Surgeons have told the BBC that healthy organs can be discarded, and diseased organs can be transplanted.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

It can be accidentally excluded and left behind in a small membrane-bound structure that is later discarded.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

They need the “context”—a company’s living, breathing ecosystem with “decision traces,” the history of every decision made, every prospect considered, every process used or discarded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

One of the workers told me the waters around Alexandria are littered with large chunks of ancient temples and Roman ruins that were discarded centuries ago.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman