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as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
I should throw away that torn shirt
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as in to spend
to use up carelessly
if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use
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Recent Examples of throw away
Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Just make the decision to open everything up, sort through it, and donate or throw away anything as needed.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Leitch produced the film, which was a passable Netflix throwaway hampered by dopey B-movie conventions.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 24 June 2024
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These old products are thrown away, donated to charities or dumped into home recycling containers, experts say.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Just make the decision to open everything up, sort through it, and donate or throw away anything as needed.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
On one rep, Wingo got low, shed Giants’ guard Jalen Mayfield, got upfield in a hurry, chased QB Tommy Devito and forced a throwaway.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Leitch produced the film, which was a passable Netflix throwaway hampered by dopey B-movie conventions.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 24 June 2024
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The sisters throw the near-dead Ian into the car trunk to dump his body into the dark sea off a nearby cliff.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Politics Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency Dec. 12, 2024 The pair drove to the New Melones reservoir near Yosemite to dump the bodies.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Skakel had spent 11 years in prison following his conviction.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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Comer claimed the administration's nearly 60,000 employees have spent less than half their time in the office as disability claim processing times have increased since the pandemic.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Discount and price comparison apps Discount apps like Flipp aggregate sales fliers and store circulars.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
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In total, the court circular recorded 16 days of in-person meetings in October and 15 in November.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Look over the chestnuts and discard any with holes in them or that feel very soft when squeezed.Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
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Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate; discard drippings or reserve for another use.Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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With a healthy diet, cats can lose 0.5 percent to 1 percent of their body weight per week.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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In May, the organization was hit with an attack that caused mass disruptions as staff was forced to move to manual processes that caused errors, delayed or lost lab results, and diversions of ambulances to other hospitals.Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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Witkoff was with Trump during the apparent second assassination attempt on his life, telling NBC that Secret Service agents dived on Trump and got him off his Florida golf course in under 20 seconds.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Machine learning has allowed criminals to create deepfake videos impersonating people and to clone voices with only a few seconds of audio.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
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And the choice to ditch the strobe effect that ages the cast into adults feels unnecessary.Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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After ditching President Florentino Perez twice at the altar in 2017 and 2022, Mbappe finally decided to let his PSG contract run down this summer and subsequently join the 15-time Champions League winners.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Here's where to find them When is Hanukkah in 2024? Hanukkah begins Dec. 25 and runs through Jan. 2, 2025.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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The decision stems from Rampage and Battle of the Belts not being included in AEW's new TV deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, which begins in January 2025 and runs through December 2027.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Throw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20away. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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