junk
noun
any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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AS U.S. international airlines enter the Jet Age, the U.S. is junking a belief as outdated as its piston planes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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