Example Sentences

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Jane Magnusson recalled rescuing a first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” that her mother might otherwise have discarded or given to a stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

By pursuing these charges against Khalil, the government appears to have discarded this historical understanding.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

She started the Llangollen Foodshare as a food surplus scheme four years ago, using the food that nearby supermarkets would otherwise have discarded.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

The prosecution estimated the pigs were worth $42.20 each, but since they were likely suffering from infections, the company would likely have discarded them, which would have rendered them valueless, certain jurors said post-trial.

From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2023

Even though I myself have discarded any kind of softness as useless, I find myself thinking that something important is lost if this man has been forced to deny his own nature.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth