as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk
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Recent Examples of cast (off)
Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Weisman had landed on the floor and was flat on his back amid an upturned ashtray, a cast-off tablecloth and a clutter of broken crystal.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
And indeed, sometimes this is the case: one candidate discovered four years ago, 2020 SO, was eventually removed from the mini-moon list after it was shown to be the cast-off upper stage of a rocket that launched NASA’s interplanetary Surveyor 2 mission in 1966.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024
Some of the cast-off relics are products of the information age.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
The Knicks have been linked to Brogdon, a veteran point guard with playoff experience who was cast-off in from the Boston Celtics as part of the Jrue Holiday trade.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
The younger man even wears his boss’s cast-off clothing, as a son might his dad’s.
—Rumaan Alam, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Rags and cast-off clothing are embedded in some of Aparicio’s hangings.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Filled with cast-off IFs who spend their days participating in such activities as group therapy and water aerobics, it’s presided over by elderly teddy bear Lewis (the late Louis Gossett Jr., delivering a lovely voice performance).
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
Adjective
Russia tops the chart of cast-off rockets at this altitude, with 512 uncontrolled spacecraft that could ultimately threaten robotic and human explorers across low Earth orbit.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Weisman had landed on the floor and was flat on his back amid an upturned ashtray, a cast-off tablecloth and a clutter of broken crystal.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
And indeed, sometimes this is the case: one candidate discovered four years ago, 2020 SO, was eventually removed from the mini-moon list after it was shown to be the cast-off upper stage of a rocket that launched NASA’s interplanetary Surveyor 2 mission in 1966.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024
Some of the cast-off relics are products of the information age.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
The Knicks have been linked to Brogdon, a veteran point guard with playoff experience who was cast-off in from the Boston Celtics as part of the Jrue Holiday trade.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
The younger man even wears his boss’s cast-off clothing, as a son might his dad’s.
—Rumaan Alam, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Rags and cast-off clothing are embedded in some of Aparicio’s hangings.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Filled with cast-off IFs who spend their days participating in such activities as group therapy and water aerobics, it’s presided over by elderly teddy bear Lewis (the late Louis Gossett Jr., delivering a lovely voice performance).
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast (off)
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Regardless of the specific charges against her, Jean McConville was the victim of a war crime, disappeared by the IRA to spare them the public shame of dumping the corpse of a young widow and mother on the street.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Just dump some ice in the base of the Christmas tree and your drinks will stay ice-cold the entire party.Christopher Murray, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Led by the foul-mouthed and fouler-smelling Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the team of rejects consists of River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) and Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) among others including newcomer, J.K. Coe (Thomas Brooke).Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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The true stab here isn’t just that Donald lied to Roy on his deathbed, or that Donald would so callously reject the friend who turned him from an outer-borough reject into a mover and shaker within Manhattan.Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Loading your audio article WASHINGTON D.C. — Steph Curry returned after missing three games with a left ankle sprain, but the Warriors didn’t need to fully unleash him to discard the Wizards.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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That said, Barcelona may be better off discarding that approach almost entirely.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Netflix ditched its $9.99 Basic ad-free tier this year, forcing people to choose between the $6.99 or $15.49 tier.Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The impasse left thousands of former public employees scrambling to determine whether to ditch the health insurer or risk not being allowed back to visit doctors, specialists and medical teams that some seniors have been seeing for years, if not decades.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
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With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Taking advantage of the hype, a group of high school outcasts— Dylan (Emjay Anthony), Spud (Kezii Curtis) and Jordy (Chiara Aurelia)—rebrand their metal band to play up a Satan-worshipping theme.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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This anti-waste brand upcycles materials, and was founded by Kisa Sky Shiga.Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
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Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click.The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022
Verb
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The Purdy-McCaffrey combo showed up best a few snaps before Kittle’s touchdown: McCaffrey raced down the right sideline past linebacker Lavonte David and caught a 30-yard prayer from Purdy, who unloaded that pass just before getting drilled in the chest by William Gholston.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Another time, Benson was unloading groceries in her kitchen when a man started pounding on the door, forcing her to send her son into the basement and call for help.Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
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Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
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“Cast (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20%28off%29. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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