- present participle of discard.
discarding
Example Sentences
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AFP reporters saw hundreds of people -- men, women and children -- entering Ceuta, discarding flotation rings and clothes used in their crossing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Base-editing technology could one day be used to help parents avoid discarding embryos in the IVF process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He told officers he did not know the items were in his bag and would be fine discarding them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
That means, in part, becoming more and more of a closed ecosystem, discarding customization methods that might take you away from official big-name apps or, worse, leave a cash-generating option on the table.
From Slate ● May 3, 2026
When I came home each day, I would check the mail and intercept any letters from school, answering those that needed answering and discarding the others.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
