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eighty-six

verb

ˌā-tē-ˈsiks

variants or 86

Definition of eighty-six

as in to discard

to get rid of as useless or unwanted decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood

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While the company works on a solution, Hunt Arsenal advises customers to set affected products aside and not return or discard them until further instructions are provided.

— Erik Barber, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2026
Officers located and detained Stein in the area, and after a search, found a mini camera that had been discarded in a nearby trash can, police said.

— Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of discard

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Tim was way ahead of a huge trend in guitar playing — ditching physical, tube amps for digital modeling.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
Of course, Musk could simply do what many think is impossible — or at least economically infeasible — and ditch terrestrial AI instrastructure altogether.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of ditch

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Stocks rebounded to end a turbulent election week, which saw investors dumping companies tied to the artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out after Democrats flipped the House and Senate and some key gubernatorial seats.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Organizers staged demonstrations outside Tesla showrooms and urged investors to dump shares of the company’s stock.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of dump

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The Eagles are unloading at 2-7, and the Vikings are still 6-2 despite their severe passing problems.

— Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Although the crew unloaded about half of the cargo, a crack in the hull ultimately caused the ship to sink, leaving thousands of tonnes of explosives on the seabed.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of unload

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Early this year, the World Health Organization confirmed that Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan lost their status.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
In 2024, the office that disciplines attorneys (which Brech later took over) lost three of its seven staff members in short order.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026

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