as in culls
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
toss all of your discards in the garbage
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as in dumps
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
discard an old, torn sweater
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Recent Examples of discards
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
The body discards the mRNA after it's used.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
Non-reusable textiles (otherwise known as NRTs) are of particular interest, underscored by ACT UK’s report that the region discards 740,000 metric tons of NRT every year.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
The body discards the mRNA after it's used.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discards
Noun
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This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But then that tree dumps a huge load of leaves onto your property.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Drescher played Fran Fine, a former bridal store worker in Flushing, Queens, who ends up working as a nanny for a rich Manhattan family after her boyfriend dumps her.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cars pull into the courtyard; someone unloads a television from the back of one of them.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Giovanni Elber scored 11 seconds into a match with Hamburg in January 1998, and Lothar Matthaus took just 13 seconds to find the net against Borussia Monchengladbach in April 1986.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Studnicka scored twice — opening scoring 56 seconds into regulation and capping it 28 seconds into overtime on the power play — to lead the Panthers to a 4-3 preseason win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Amerant Bank Arena.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Dion, with her blond bombshell waves, ditches her microphone for the glass potion bottle, holding it firmly to the sky.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Dual Front mode Rainbow Six Siege ditches turn-taking to let players attack and defend simultaneously.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Miami had a relatively balanced offense in the first two years, but the offense has lost its big-play bite, and consistently abandons the run.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Some of them are barely recipes at all; sometimes Nosrat abandons the form entirely.—
Dan Kois,
New Yorker,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Discards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discards. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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