Example Sentences

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In “Unemployment,” life-size sculptures of office workers curled up in the fetal position are wrapped in transparent plastic trash bags, gesturing at the disposability of human labor.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

The mind-set of player disposability is still a problem, but the success demands more attention to health and safety.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

The common pattern’s ubiquitousness only adds to its disposability — patterns were cheap to purchase and finicky to preserve and were never meant to last.

From The Verge • Jun. 20, 2022

It is a sentence that plainly communicates the articulations of class and respectability that are mapped on both young men, designating the contrasting boundaries of each boy’s disposability.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2022

Why do you think some actors do not understand that fact and are in denial about their disposability?

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2021