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
Beef Liver Copper content: 12,400 micrograms per 3-ounce serving
Beef liver is an organ meat, also called offal.
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Zia Sherrell, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
To understand the soul may have required silk, cheesecloth, cotton wool, even offal—but these mundane materials, Warner shows us, held meaning.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The ravens might possibly lead us to the offal.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
In many restaurants across the country, animal organs such as beef offal are displayed to show freshness, especially for hotpot.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
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Zia Sherrell, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
To understand the soul may have required silk, cheesecloth, cotton wool, even offal—but these mundane materials, Warner shows us, held meaning.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The ravens might possibly lead us to the offal.
—Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
In many restaurants across the country, animal organs such as beef offal are displayed to show freshness, especially for hotpot.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offal
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Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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And loading large garbage bags into Gary's truck.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Piles of brick debris were also seen inside hospital rooms and along an exterior wall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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One of the biggest headaches any launch with a hatch deals with is known as FOD, or foreign-object debris, which could be as small as a piece of hair trapped in the seal where the hatch closes.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Each year, Heal the Bay collects trash from beaches and watersheds across Los Angeles County with the help of thousands of volunteers.—
CBS LA Staff,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The fourth program, Shoreline’s Community Care employment program, hires individuals on the street to do jobs like street cleaning, sidewalk sweeping, graffiti removal, landscaping, trash removal, and custodial and janitorial work.—
Reyna Huff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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For many centuries and probably longer, the seas and oceans of the world have been used as a source of food but also as an enormous dumping ground for all sorts of rubbish.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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The study confirmed direct dumping by boats, with evidence of bags full of rubbish thrown overboard.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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Three oak barrels, nearly intact, surfaced during a water and sewage system renovation project in Torggata.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Now located on Santa Barbara Drive, the 1970s-era building has become difficult to use, and department personnel are dealing with frequent disruptions and disrepair, such as a recent electrical fire and sewage backups, officials said.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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But ultimately, fans don’t come to the ballpark to watch 3-4 innings of junk balls and 75 MPH batting practice pitches.—
Abbey Mastracco,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert and professor of astronautics at the UK's University of Birmingham, noted that the orbiting data centers will need to constantly maneuver to avoid hitting space junk and other satellites.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Small space rocks, bits of dust and old rocket parts hit Earth daily, according to NASA, but most burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere.—
Jesse Kirsch,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
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Very low soil moisture, and the occurrence of dust or sand storms.—
Roberto Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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