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

The truth: They specialise in indie's three R's: jolly, jaunty joy.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2013

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