variants
or 86
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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Recent Examples of eighty-six
In 2022, the painting sold at auction for eighty-six million dollars, a record price for the artist.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
At High Meadow, Rex Stout grew a hundred and eighty-six varieties of iris on three acres.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
From the unfinished novel The Woman from Nowhere Editor’s Note: The author Charles Portis, who died in 2020 at the age of eighty-six, published five novels, of which the most well known are Norwood (1966) and True Grit (1968).
—Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
At High Meadow, Rex Stout grew a hundred and eighty-six varieties of iris on three acres.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
From the unfinished novel The Woman from Nowhere Editor’s Note: The author Charles Portis, who died in 2020 at the age of eighty-six, published five novels, of which the most well known are Norwood (1966) and True Grit (1968).
—Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eighty-six
Verb
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Remove steak from marinade, discarding the jalapeno slices.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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After taking the necessary photos, consumers should discard the fridge according to local and state regulations.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many journalists don’t want to lose access and are subject to coercion and intimidation that can influence their reporting.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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One side will win, and one side will lose.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kendall Jenner has ditched her clothes for multiple Calvin Klein underwear campaigns and has been working with the brand for years.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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That's the general summary of the argument insider Robert Murray of FanSided made on Monday, when suggesting that the slugger could ditch Philadelphia for one of his former clubs.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Watertown, though, kept scrapping enough together inside the circle to prevent a game-tying goal, while speedy senior captain Sophia Setouhi and Master led a couple promising charges into offensive territory.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Now, about a month and a half after the film’s release on streaming, Ice Cube is shedding a little light about the production.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On an outside zone play, Fox shed several tacklers and outran the Falcons’ secondary to quiet the Skyridge sideline and fan section, which had been energized up to that point.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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But Democrats have long conceded that the party needs a new vision after voters soundly rejected their presidential ticket last fall, and internal squabbles about the party’s future have spilled out into the public.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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China has rejected the accusation and accused the Philippines of damaging the coral reef ecosystem in the waterway instead.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Eighty-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eighty-six. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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