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
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
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
Noun
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.
—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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Livestock breeders, who have seen their flocks decimated by mass culls due to an outbreak of sheep and goat pox, have joined the protests, which began in November.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If a company dumps toxic waste into a local river and your children get sick and die, there is no value lost, there are no damages, no liability—the ultimate rationale for Milton Friedman’s externalization of costs.—
Andrew Behar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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As a demo, one of the artisans dumps a sack of more than 200 bones (a gray fox, incidentally) into a random jumble on a workbench.—
Jeff Wilson,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hughes -- who also had two assists -- added his 22nd goal of the season into an empty net with 31 seconds left.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Jackets took another penalty with 41 seconds left and the B’s tied it with 11 seconds left in regulation.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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OpenAI ditches video generation app Sora, and loses $1 billion from Disney.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Just ditches her completely because of peer pressure from his rich friends.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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When that function collapses and every joke is screened for loyalty, society loses one of its best safeguards against tribal conformity.—
Robert Lynch,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Frates and some other Miamians want the YMCA of Greater Miami to take over the building and put in athletic facilities after the library abandons the building.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Per a synopsis shared with IndieWire, the series tells the story of María José Cano (Dávila), a woman using a wheelchair after an accident, who abandons the love of her life (García Bernal) at the altar.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Discards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discards. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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