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waste

[weyst] / weɪst /








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The mesosphere, an atmospheric region where space waste accumulates, is so difficult to study it has been called the ignorosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The researchers extracted proteins from this waste stream and assembled them into long thread-like structures known as amyloid fibrils.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

By the time you reach the bottom of the jar, what’s left isn’t waste at all.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

"It's important to me that my mark reflects what I've done, and my hard work throughout my third year, and I don't want that to go to waste," she added.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I was going to say “I don’t know” or “Who cares”—something so loose that Imogene wouldn’t want to waste her time—but as usual Alice had to blow her own horn.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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