throwaway

Example Sentences

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It flags blurry photos, screenshots and other possible throwaway images.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Suez called for a more ambitious plan to tackle the fire risk and environmental damage from cheap throwaway vapes, such as a nationwide recycling scheme paid for by producers.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Series executive producer Brendan Hay told The Times in 2023 that setting “Secrets of the Mogwai” in 1920s China was “a chance to own the somewhat throwaway origin that the Mogwai have in the films.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025

While she was turned away, examining an old peach basket I’d put in the throwaway pile, I sucked in my breath.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings