variants
or 86'd
as in discarded
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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Mamdani has been an outspoken advocate of policing reform − including a past embrace, since discarded, of defunding the NYPD − and Palestinian rights.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Mold, discoloration, or excessive oil separation (if processed) are signs it should be discarded.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
20 Sep. 2025
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Hamilton famously lost her arm to a shark attack in 2003 and hopped back on her board one month later.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Hudson’s daughter, Ricky (Perry Mattfield), who works as an assistant coach, is a former track star who lost her confidence after an injury and now struggles to get the other Catfish coaches (including her dad) to take her seriously.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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Just as its men’s counterpart did last year, the UWCL has now ditched the old group stage format for a new league phase.—
Neel Shelat,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Creating a more seamless form of live sports distribution means essentially rebuilding the cable bundles many have ditched over the last few years.—
Maya Sweedler,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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The initiative had to be scrapped months later due to the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hinds scrapped with Utah’s Ben McCartney in the third tilt of the evening, early in the third period.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Eighty-sixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eighty-sixed. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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