waste
Example Sentences
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People who can’t afford to buy trendy clothes at full price turn to cheaper “dupes” that contribute to fast fashion waste, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
The material can also be repaired, which may lower long-term construction costs and significantly reduce how much waste ends up in landfills.
From Science Daily
A farmer says she is "devastated" by a "disgusting" river of fly-tipped waste dumped down the side of a mountain.
From BBC
It was her second favorite subject, besides how smart Alice was, and how pretty, and how talented, and how it would all go to waste if Gladys Herdman bit her to death.
From Literature
She’s over wasting time plucking chin hairs, searching for brain fog-induced lost reading glasses and — most of all — withholding her opinions so as not to offend others.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
