discard
verb (used with object)
to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of.
discards
Example Sentences
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They agree to meet again, but Kip completely discards his Western life.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The show’s path to hit status is an unusual story for Hollywood, which often discards shows that aren’t immediately successful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
And when the season is over, these commercialized Christmas sweaters often meet the same fate as other fast-fashion discards: donation piles or thrift stores.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
Everything was custom engineered—“no hand-me-down magnets, no industrial discards . . . ‘no patch work,’ ” as the Joliots’ emissary Maurice Nahmias had derided the old standards.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
