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
They scramble for at-home antigen tests or appointments for sophisticated P.C.R. tests and are discarding cloth masks in favor of KN95s and N95s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
“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
Every one, except a few of the oldest conservative scholars, are discarding their Confucian theories and reconstructing their ideas in view of present day problems.
From Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland
