waste
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Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
But the infrastructure didn’t go to waste, and some of the companies that survived—think Amazon—have thrived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Yet Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy group Social Security Works, described such a commission as “a waste of time.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Vayu Hill-Maini's lab has created a new cheese, or at least something that tastes like cheese, but is actually made from food waste.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
But not before sighing dramatically and exclaiming, “How does someone waste the day like that? I mean—really!” to which Duane would reply, “Mmmm-ah-phu-zzzzzz,” followed by two loud snorts.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing waste
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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