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disposable

[dih-spoh-zuh-buhl] / dɪˈspoʊ zə bəl /


ADJECTIVE
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Home heating bills are likely to take a bigger bite from disposable incomes as temperatures drop, and households may become reluctant to dip further into their savings.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

I’d rather own the companies selling devices, implants, injectables and disposable products to thousands of those clinics.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

On both sides of the border, tariffs have hit jobs and disposable income.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

The household savings rate also was up, reaching 3.7% as growth in disposable income outpaced nominal spending.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I adjust the isolation gown over the top of my disposable scrubs, and yank open the door, squinting at them through my goggles.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

The Labour administration followed through, with the disposables officially banned from sale from 1 June this year - the aim being to protect children's health and reduce damage to the environment.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2025

His philosophy is to use features like color, weight, and shape to communicate containers’ reusability, making it less plausible that people will confuse them for disposables.

From Salon May 2, 2024

For all the talk of sustainability and increasing consciousness about climate change, it’s fair to assume that a significant number of Starbucks’ disposables end up in landfills.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2023

But the UK Vaping Industry Association says disposables help smokers quit, and can be recycled.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2023

Today's cameras-from the disposables to the fully automated-encapsulate everything we have to know to operate them.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin




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