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throwaway

noun as in pamphlet

noun as in periodical

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“I always voted for it,” Ferrante said, “but it was like a throwaway vote.”

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Specifically, I often recall one throwaway line that has come to feel very prescient.

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Washington is unsurprisingly mesmerizing, improvising small gestures and throwaway lines.

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He was gathering bits and pieces considered to be “throwaway,” pulling from a “disaster” but shaping them into something vital and new.

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And for anyone thinking they have heard much of this story before, it is the extra and sometimes unexpected, throwaway details that will make this a fascinating read.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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