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Recent Examples of castoffs
The pastor’s initiative proved so popular that the church began distributing feed sacks to well-off homes, so Boston housewives could continually set aside castoffs for donation.
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Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
For decades, West Africa’s largest secondhand market had thrived on the global North’s castoffs, yet a growing deluge of fast fashion and its ultra-fast successors had turned Accra into the world’s clothing graveyard.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
While other expansion franchises have historically chased high-volume shooters to sell jerseys to casual fans, general manager Ohemaa Nyanin built a roster from spare parts and castoffs and told them to go break things.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Shortly After Roster Cut As the Braves continue to win despite the revolving door to the roster, the team has now gotten news that another one of its big-league castoffs from this season has left Major League Baseball entirely.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Denise and Mohamed bought new clothing for the other children, whereas Djena was given ratty hand-me-downs—even her bras were Denise’s castoffs.
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Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Although charity shops are littered with modern castoffs—think melamine plates and small appliances—a trip can also manifest fabulous decor items to accent your home.
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Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 May 2026
Ira, so with a trade the team will be Bam Adebayo, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jovic and a bunch of G Leaguers or castoffs.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
Her vision is to call on the regions where the United Kingdom offloads its castoffs—say, West Africa or Eastern Europe—to re-manufacture it as well.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
For decades, West Africa’s largest secondhand market had thrived on the global North’s castoffs, yet a growing deluge of fast fashion and its ultra-fast successors had turned Accra into the world’s clothing graveyard.
—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
While other expansion franchises have historically chased high-volume shooters to sell jerseys to casual fans, general manager Ohemaa Nyanin built a roster from spare parts and castoffs and told them to go break things.
—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Shortly After Roster Cut As the Braves continue to win despite the revolving door to the roster, the team has now gotten news that another one of its big-league castoffs from this season has left Major League Baseball entirely.
—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Denise and Mohamed bought new clothing for the other children, whereas Djena was given ratty hand-me-downs—even her bras were Denise’s castoffs.
—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Although charity shops are littered with modern castoffs—think melamine plates and small appliances—a trip can also manifest fabulous decor items to accent your home.
—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 May 2026
Ira, so with a trade the team will be Bam Adebayo, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jovic and a bunch of G Leaguers or castoffs.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
Her vision is to call on the regions where the United Kingdom offloads its castoffs—say, West Africa or Eastern Europe—to re-manufacture it as well.
—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castoffs
Noun
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The most opinionated of these rejects is Smarty Pants, a basic toilet-training tech tool given an amusingly snarky attitude by Conan O’Brien.
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Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.
Noun
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The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.
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Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys.
Noun
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But the Hurricanes turned speedy castaways like Ehlers, Miller, Taylor Hall and Eric Robinson into Cup champions.
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Other castaways struggled with how to present themselves on screen while playing this game of cons and elimination.
Noun
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Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.
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These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.
Noun
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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
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The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
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“Castoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castoffs. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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