discarded
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While the business of cosmetically modified, futuristic-looking pets remains in its infancy, animal rights groups worry that eventually the creatures will be created, sold and later discarded in crowded municipal shelters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Radiation from the exposed stellar core pushes the discarded material outward.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
John Harper, a farmer in Worcestershire, grows pak choi for Sainsbury's, Aldi and Co-op, and has discarded more produce than usual this year because of tiny holes made by pests.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Notably, Karp adds, the results were achieved “with a miniscule and shrinking sales headcount, another way in which we have discarded conventional wisdom in favor of our own, unique path.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
We scoured the side of the road for discarded bottles to exchange for pennies when the glass man came around.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
