the three R's

Example Sentences

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You’re in such a unique position because vintage dealers are often checking off each box in the three R’s of recycling: reduce, reuse, recycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

Usually we think of the three R’s, but those are skills.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2015

And they also encouraged following the three R’s: reduce, reuse and recycle.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2014

To support his family he began teaching fifth and sixth grade in the public schools in Bloomington, Calif., where, in addition to the three R’s, state law required him to teach art.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2012

Remarkably, the three R’s of gene physiology are acutely dependent on the molecular structure of DNA—on the Watson-Crick base pairing of the double helix.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee