waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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This waste product is produced by the muscles and healthy kidneys filter it out.
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Concern arises not from the nuclear reactors themselves but from the facilities that produce nuclear fuel and dispose of its waste product.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
May Reduce Uric Acid Levels Uric acid is a waste product made when your body breaks down purines, compounds naturally found in certain foods and drinks like meat, seafood, and alcohol.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
One of the byproducts of burning protein is a waste product called urea.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Concern arises not from the nuclear reactors themselves but from the facilities that produce nuclear fuel and dispose of its waste product.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
May Reduce Uric Acid Levels Uric acid is a waste product made when your body breaks down purines, compounds naturally found in certain foods and drinks like meat, seafood, and alcohol.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
One of the byproducts of burning protein is a waste product called urea.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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