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is discarding

  • present progressive of discard (3rd person singular).

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The first difficulty is discarding possessions, regardless of their value.

From Washington Post Mar. 7, 2022

Those other provisions include the FBI’s authority to gather business records in terrorism and espionage investigations, and to more easily eavesdrop on a suspect who is discarding cellphones to avoid surveillance.

From Time Jun. 2, 2015

The game was played with thirty two cards, that is, discarding out of the pack all the deuces, treys, fours, fives, and sixes.

From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Steinmetz, Andrew

If your partner is discarding from weakness, protect the suit that he is throwing away, if you can.

From Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play with Illustrative Hands and the Club Code of Bridge Laws by Elwell, J.B. (Joseph Bowne)

I am the ornamental symbol of a system which the world is discarding!

From The Lighted Match by Schabelitz, R. F.