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disposable

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


ADJECTIVE
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Natalie said the popularity of disposable nappies might be a reason why parents often wait longer to potty train.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

His sudden rise had made him "an easily disposable product," he added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Pioneer typically works with food, medical and industrial supply companies, creating disposable trays made of materials such as polystyrene or polyvinyl chloride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Babies can go through about 3,000 disposable diapers a year, a basic-need product that has increasingly drawn concern from child health, environmental and consumer advocates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

I filled a disposable syringe with the three-units dosage and set it aside.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

That's significantly more than regular disposables, which are estimated to cost around $70 a month.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

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

But if we ban disposables, we also need to get the dodgy ones off the street, otherwise people might just turn to those instead.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024

A wholesaler will import a shipping container of disposables and then sell the contents to smaller distributors, who then sell the products to local independent stores out of vans or trucks.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 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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