as in garbage
discarded or useless material
a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood
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Recent Examples of offal
This isn’t about fetishizing offal.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The German served up wiener schnitzel the following year, while in 1988 Scotland’s Sandy Lyle laid on some haggis – sheep’s offal minced, spiced and served in its stomach, and plated up to the sound of bagpipes.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Kennedy recently encouraged people to embrace offal as a more affordable source of protein.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The problem with the trash pies from the restaurant’s perspective, Abe told me, was that many diners who weren’t me wanted pizza and only pizza — specifically pepperoni pizza, which was not made with unwanted pork offal and offcuts but regular ‘roni.
—Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2025
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The German served up wiener schnitzel the following year, while in 1988 Scotland’s Sandy Lyle laid on some haggis – sheep’s offal minced, spiced and served in its stomach, and plated up to the sound of bagpipes.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Kennedy recently encouraged people to embrace offal as a more affordable source of protein.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The problem with the trash pies from the restaurant’s perspective, Abe told me, was that many diners who weren’t me wanted pizza and only pizza — specifically pepperoni pizza, which was not made with unwanted pork offal and offcuts but regular ‘roni.
—Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offal
Noun
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Veterans’ centers, summer camps, boat launches and garbage pickup could all be impacted.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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Any clothes or other materials used to dispose of the broken toy should be put in a separate garbage bag and thrown away as well.—
Parents,
Parents,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Stay away from windows as flying debris generated by damaging winds can be deadly.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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The weather service also urged people to avoid windows, and if outdoors, in a mobile home or in a vehicle to seek the closest substantial shelter and to protect themselves from flying debris.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
Noun
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To better understand how people interact with robots during play, researchers conducted an experiment in which participants played a physical version of trash-can basketball with Pepper.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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Trucking food, water, equipment and fuel in — and trucking trash and sewage out of one of the most remote ecosystems in the eastern United States — Florida officials proposed to pay private contractors about $1 billion.—
Eve Samples,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
Noun
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So where does the rubbish come from?—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
31 May 2026
Noun
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By comparison, the construction of a sewage-treatment plant for a city of 10,000 people costs about $5 million.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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The approach enables officials to detect signs of disease spreading in a community through sewage samples, often before outbreaks are identified through traditional testing.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Repair experts waited behind long cafeteria tables to teach alternatives, giving people chances to learn that flawed goods aren’t automatically junk.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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What do a pet waste management company, a junk hauling service and disaster restoration specialists have in common?—
Mirtha Donastorg,
AJC.com,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Additionally, environmental factors such as tobacco smoke, pollution, pollen, dust, pet dander, laundry soaps, fragrances and more can irritate children’s skin or breathing passages.—
Dr. Daniel DiGiacomo,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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But after the dust settled Saturday, La Habra’s senior softball players sat side-by-side on the grass, kicked off their cleats and giggled.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
7 June 2026
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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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