as in culls
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
toss all of your discards in the garbage
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as in dumps
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
discard an old, torn sweater
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Recent Examples of discards
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
This is a creative process whereby discards are cleaned and sent to factory, where they are cut, re-shaped and sewn into a new end product.
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Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
The vast majority of those discards wind up in the trash, further exacerbating the avocado’s environmental impact.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.
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Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
The eviction drama became a flashpoint in the ongoing conversation about how Hollywood discards its icons, especially those whose careers were derailed by addiction, health issues and the slow evaporation of studio offers.
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
At quarterback, Justin Herbert’s unique set of traits discards comparisons to any Chargers era.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Dec. 2025
In both directions, dating has been overhauled in a way that increasingly discards compassion and empathy.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
15 Dec. 2025
Non-reusable textiles (otherwise known as NRTs) are of particular interest, underscored by ACT UK’s report that the region discards 740,000 metric tons of NRT every year.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Le Zotte reports that by the 1970s, more than 10 million garage sales were taking place in the United States every year, and people were paying more than $1 billion (cumulatively) for their neighbors’ discards.
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Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
This is a creative process whereby discards are cleaned and sent to factory, where they are cut, re-shaped and sewn into a new end product.
—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
The vast majority of those discards wind up in the trash, further exacerbating the avocado’s environmental impact.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.
—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
The eviction drama became a flashpoint in the ongoing conversation about how Hollywood discards its icons, especially those whose careers were derailed by addiction, health issues and the slow evaporation of studio offers.
—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
At quarterback, Justin Herbert’s unique set of traits discards comparisons to any Chargers era.
—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Dec. 2025
In both directions, dating has been overhauled in a way that increasingly discards compassion and empathy.
—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
15 Dec. 2025
Non-reusable textiles (otherwise known as NRTs) are of particular interest, underscored by ACT UK’s report that the region discards 740,000 metric tons of NRT every year.
—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discards
Noun
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The same strain has forced record culls and pushed up egg prices across North America and Europe, and Australian flocks have no exposure to it.
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Officials have adopted a road map for bear population management that calls for systematic culls.
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Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.
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After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.
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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.
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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.
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For perpetrators, upskirting is a crime committed in seconds, often unnoticed.
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The Hawks sent their 2030 second-round pick, as well as the least favorable of the Hawks’ and the Lakers’ seconds in 2032.
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Fulda all but ditches his ambitious partner Chaton (Vincent Dedienne), in order to team up with Stéphane to get to the bottom of the endless pig-slaughter, and to put paid to the local superstition that Brun’s ghost may be the culprit.
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In the directorial debut from Izabel Pakzad, Lola (Cherry) and Lavinia (Thorne) make up two-fifths of an on-screen friend group that ditches the Los Angeles smog for the clear skies — and ample partying room — found in California's Joshua Tree National Park.
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
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If your phone switches to SOS mode, loses service or stops receiving calls and texts, contact your carrier right away.
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Jessie is thrilled, but her enthusiasm is crushingly fleeting, as Emily abandons Jessie with other items in a donation box on the side of the road.
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In its third season, the prequel series holds onto the former tactic but abandons the latter — to its betterment.
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“Discards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discards. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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