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waste

[weyst] / weɪst /








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"This is not a decision against investment or against new waste solutions," Fiji's secretary for the environment, Sivendra Michael, said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

I don’t want to waste time with people who live so far away from me.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Manufacturing largely focuses on converting used cooking oil, animal fats and forestry waste into jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The technique could be used both in large centralized facilities and in smaller local systems that take advantage of waste heat from major industrial operations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Until then, I am free to waste my time drawing pictures, if that makes me happy.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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