discard
verb (used with object)
to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of.
are discarding
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present progressiveof discard.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Herro favors tech stocks that investors are discarding because they are not AI plays, or because they fear AI will hurt business.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
“As people are discarding stuff and cleaning out a home, they call us,” Meagher says.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2020
This type of emotional link means that when you think about throwing out your parents’ belongings, you feel as if you are discarding a part of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2016
In the movie, one of them protests to Pitt: “You are discarding what scouts have done for 150 years.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2011
The point thus illustrated being: It is not advisable to attempt the completing of a suit which all the other players are discarding unless sufficient pairs are held from the start to withstand their attacks.
From Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling by Lew Lysle Harr
