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Recent Examples of dispensable But last night’s halftime show painted Drake as a dispensable henchman and America as the ultimate adversary. Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2025 Veteran players like Anderson, Buddy Hield and Payton — ahead of both youngsters in the pecking order initially — could become more dispensable if Post and Santos carve out true roles. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025 To the Soviet state, the lives and the health of the local population in these remote areas were dispensable. Franziska Exeler, The Dial, 18 Feb. 2025 But last night’s halftime show painted Drake as a dispensable henchman and America as the ultimate adversary. Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dispensable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensable
unnecessary
Adjective
  • Patrick Boel, managing director at real estate developer Roundhouse, said most of the land the company owns is in areas where the new zoning code already provides for high-density housing, large heights and no parking requirements, making any incentives unnecessary.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 26 May 2025
  • The move comes as Trump has looked for ways to cut spending deemed unnecessary, and the Treasury estimates halting the production of pennies will save $85 million. — CNBC’s Lisa Kailai Han, Dan Mangan, Ashley Capoot, Annika Kim Constantino and Jeff Cox contributed to this report.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 23 May 2025

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“Dispensable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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