expendable

Example Sentences

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Tech billionaires looking to burnish their image seem to believe that the work ethic is an expendable feature of a free-market society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The characters in movies like these are designed to be expendable fodder for the chills and thrills.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Mike Ekeler was hired from Nebraska to coach linebackers, in addition to special teams, perhaps making current linebackers coach Rob Ryan expendable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Stoke Space plans to launch an expendable rocket next year to collect data for its push for reusable vehicles, while Relativity Space wants to test its medium-to-heavy lift, reusable rocket in late 2026.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

But the space suits have to be portable, so they use a simple chemical absorption process with expendable filters.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir