single-use
adjective
sin·gle-use
ˈsiŋ-gəl-ˈyüs 
variants
or less commonly single use
: intended or designed to be used once and then discarded
single-use plastics
single-use paper products
Surgical masks are single-use face coverings that are designed to act as a barrier to sneezes or other potential exchanges of germs.—
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Flashback: Last year, students from Madison and Mira Mesa high schools, and the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts won for their projects reducing consumption of single-use plastics, improving mental health resources and addressing chronic absenteeism.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
The one question that spurred diverging positions was whether candidates would support a plastic bag fee to reduce single-use plastic waste.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Debuting in 2022 with the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the moon, the SLS is a single-use rocket with a price tag of around $4.1 billion per launch.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
However, the mop heads are single-use only and run about $2 each.
—Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
Our early steps into space were littered with waste — disposable technologies, single-use rockets, and discarded dreams.
—Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Focus on avoiding single-use plastics and on reducing the total plastic volume used.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
All vehicles will be electric, single-use plastics banished.
—By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Companies are required to take responsibility for their environmental impact by measuring and offsetting their carbon emissions, and by eliminating the use of single-use plastic hangers and garment bags, among other things.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
The one question that spurred diverging positions was whether candidates would support a plastic bag fee to reduce single-use plastic waste.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Debuting in 2022 with the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the moon, the SLS is a single-use rocket with a price tag of around $4.1 billion per launch.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
However, the mop heads are single-use only and run about $2 each.
—Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
Our early steps into space were littered with waste — disposable technologies, single-use rockets, and discarded dreams.
—Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Focus on avoiding single-use plastics and on reducing the total plastic volume used.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
All vehicles will be electric, single-use plastics banished.
—By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Companies are required to take responsibility for their environmental impact by measuring and offsetting their carbon emissions, and by eliminating the use of single-use plastic hangers and garment bags, among other things.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Single-use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single-use. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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