the three R's

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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

In an article in Wired magazine in 1993, he dismissed the three R’s — reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic — as outmoded.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2016

When it comes to borrowed money, I suggest deploying the three R’s – reorganize, retire and refinance.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2015

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

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2015

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