How to Use discontinued in a Sentence
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So, how did the young tennis star get her hands on a discontinued model?
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
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Apart from its straightforward elements, the home acts as a safe haven for discontinued toys in the movie.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023
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Not all items are as lucky as the Mexican pizza and Taco Bell has a vast graveyard of discontinued products.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
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Or, find out if anyone would miss a discontinued product or service.
—Mike Kappel, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
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Part of the endless list of discontinued blended desserts is due to Dairy Queen’s Blizzard of the Month promotion where temporary flavors only grace the menu for brief stints.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
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These sales only included some of Adidas’ Yeezy leftover inventory, and the company said in the statement this may be the first of many for the discontinued shoe.
—Ellie Stevens, CNN, 24 July 2023
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The toy conglomerate’s vast archive, a trove of successful products, middling ideas and discontinued merch, are the tools.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
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Out back, the spare has been tucked up some 2.5 inches higher for better departure clearance, because there's no longer a need to create space for the discontinued diesel engine's DEF tank.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 17 Feb. 2023
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The discontinued books -- which do not include the aforementioned classics -- quickly sold out after the announcement.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 2 Mar. 2022
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The groups are also asking for rules that allow consumers to take products to a repair shop of their choice or do DIY repair and require discontinued products to still have their key functions intact.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
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MX Keys is a suitable replacement for Apple’s discontinued line of space gray accessories.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2023
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Also, never go searching for discontinued items, such as inclined sleepers, which proved to be dangerous to infants.
—Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2023
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Sanofi has reached an agreement in principle to settle 4,000 US lawsuits linking the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, the company said on Wednesday.
—CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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The drink is wildly popular in the UK and across the US, with tweens bartering for it in schoolyards, parents clamoring for cases at local retailers, and even the hint of a burgeoning black market for discontinued or hard-to-find flavors.
—WIRED, 13 July 2023
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Spam’s popularity in Hawaii has even inspired different flavors, such as teriyaki Spam and the discontinued Portuguese sausage Spam.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
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Other discontinued flavors are more creative, like the piñata party Blizzard, red velvet cake Blizzard and cotton candy Blizzard.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
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There are a few extremely expensive high-profile keycaps from discontinued keyboards and some janky aftermarket sets.
—Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
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Roasted Red Pepper Hummus This zesty hummus replaces a discontinued version.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
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Our shopping experts note that the company offers a generous 90-day return policy, although returns are not allowed for discontinued or special-order items.
—Daniel Bortz, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2022
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The company has incinerated more than 1.6 million pounds of vaping waste in recent years, mostly unsold inventory or discontinued products.
—Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
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Pfizer developed the compound to treat cancer but discontinued development for strategic commercial reasons.
—Annette Bakker, STAT, 27 June 2023
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