expendable
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That is the through-line: a city, a state and a country that objectify Native homelands, treating them as expendable and raw material.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Still, I was curious to test their capabilities, so Pinkerton ushered a robot to my kitchen sink, where I had assembled a small selection of dishes that I deemed expendable.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
A primitive version of the idea appeared in Vietnam, but it has been uncommon since because most drones have been cheap, expendable vessels facing guns, not radar-guided missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Their models project a reusable payload of about 115 tonnes to low Earth orbit, with as much as 188 tonnes possible in an expendable configuration.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“He was expendable because we had a heck of a running back.”
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Power Suffix: -able
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