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Recent Examples of offal When eating muscle meat daily became a possibility, many people opted out of offal. Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025 The wolves are fed a diet of beef, horse, and deer meat as well as liver and other offal, along with puppy chow to provide vital nutrients. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 Charcuterie and cheese, potatoes and onions, meat and offal: These are the ingredients that animate Harris’s chalkboard menu, all old friends, treated with a grandmotherly mix of tenderness and brawn. Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 Many bear problems happen around hunting camps and fly-in fishing sites because the bears get used to finding offal and garbage there. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for offal
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Noun
  • Those three garbage-time scores might have bought him another week.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Some Waukesha residents voice concerns The city hasn't kept its $160 garbage and tax collection proposal a secret.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Do not burn debris or other items during an air quality alert.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The fee, which would fully pay the contractual costs tied to Johns Disposal Service, would exclude condominiums and commercial properties who already pay for private trash removal services and are not covered by the city's collection service.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • An army of around 200 volunteers from the church and several charities were making food, picking up trash, guiding guests and MC'ing dance showcases, said Mary Cantrell, who has been a key organizer since 1993.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is absolute rubbish, calculated to pour gasoline on the growing divide between conservatives and progressives.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Locating and identifying seabed rubbish that's prime for removal is undertaken via onboard sonar and a vision camera, plus AI processing, to help the robot recognize trash and determine where best to grab on.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Click Report above the reading pane, then choose Report phishing or Report junk from the dropdown.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This street of stucco houses with little front yards and picket fences bordered on a kind of no-man’s-land filled with junk yards and warehouses.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The brand recommends connecting the home to your city’s main power, water, and sewage lines.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Enhanced sewage treatment is a good thing, especially in cases where human waste is clearly a pressing problem.
    Christopher F. Meindl, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That could be caused by a buildup of dust, dirt and lint on the filter.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Even with the business reopening, owner Josh Copus is still running around, covered in dust and paint, either putting finishing touches on his building or helping fellow business owners.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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