wastage

Example Sentences

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Countries have taken various measures to cope with the crisis and cushion consumers from the price shocks, including cutting taxes and minimising wastage.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

They had been due to attend the exhibition the year before, but Declan died that weekend, in August 2023, having had the life-limiting muscle wastage condition.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

And there is always turnover, natural wastage as a human resources director might put it, at every election.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024

This may be to prevent the onset of significant muscular wastage in bears during hibernation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

There was no wastage whatever; the hens and ducks with their sharp eyes had gathered up the very last stalk.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell