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as in remainders
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project
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as in fragments
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
a scrap of paper fluttered to the floor
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as in bits
a very small piece
brushed away a scrap of lint
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as in fights
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the state legislature's annual scrap over the budget
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as in skirmishes
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
several drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub
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as in bickers
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we've decided to scrap the second car
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as in abandons
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague
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Recent Examples of scraps
Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
There will be talks and demonstrations from growers, music and food (no tossing the plants any scraps, please) raffles and the sale of growing accessories.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The settlements are marked by their distinct housing, much of which is built with cast-away material, including metal and wood scraps.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 9 June 2026
If someone was caught, and murdered, scraps of their body were circulated as souvenirs and passed down through generations of white families as heirlooms.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Compost is decomposed organic matter, created when microorganisms break down plant materials, food scraps, leaves, manure, and other organic inputs.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026
Lemon peels improve soil health, deter pests, and reduce waste by repurposing food scraps.
—Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
Like everything else that works here, Brie’s performance wrests the last scraps of freshness from a mode of filmmaking this movie knows is played out, but doesn’t have the particular strength to reinvent.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Clouds of metal scraps float through Meteos.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
—Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
Grease, food scraps, soap residue, and other debris can build up inside pipes, restricting water flow.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
There will be talks and demonstrations from growers, music and food (no tossing the plants any scraps, please) raffles and the sale of growing accessories.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The settlements are marked by their distinct housing, much of which is built with cast-away material, including metal and wood scraps.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 9 June 2026
If someone was caught, and murdered, scraps of their body were circulated as souvenirs and passed down through generations of white families as heirlooms.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Compost is decomposed organic matter, created when microorganisms break down plant materials, food scraps, leaves, manure, and other organic inputs.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026
Lemon peels improve soil health, deter pests, and reduce waste by repurposing food scraps.
—Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
Like everything else that works here, Brie’s performance wrests the last scraps of freshness from a mode of filmmaking this movie knows is played out, but doesn’t have the particular strength to reinvent.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Clouds of metal scraps float through Meteos.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Verb
The current proposal before the board scraps 800 jobs, but community pushback has delayed the decision.
—Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
—Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraps
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Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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The best-case scenario would be for the Lakers’ remainders to extend the best-of-seven series with the Rockets long enough for Doncic and Reaves to rejoin LeBron James in that Big Three, either at the end of this series or the start of the next one.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Sarhan and his colleagues cultured live yeast from the samples, but their shotgun metagenomics results also revealed a bunch of short fragments of DNA, most bearing the kind of damage that happens when DNA molecules break down over time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2026
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Courtesy of Rizzotti Advisors The Egadi Islands, off the western coast of Sicily, feel almost untouched, as if the Mediterranean broke off a few fragments and left them in place.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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After hearing these songs, the happier ones at the beginning of the album reveal bits of shadow that Rodrigo has built into them to presage what’s to come — to presage what always comes.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Work was completed on the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool last weekend, with attention turning to other bits of the president’s construction projects, such as his triumphal arch.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
12 June 2026
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Seven cage fights will be held on the White House grounds in honor of the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary – a day that also happens to be the president's 80th birthday.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
14 June 2026
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Trump has sought to tie Sunday’s event — which features seven fights running past midnight — to larger, months-long celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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One of those skirmishes, in fact, involved Childress himself, in 2011 at Kansas Speedway, when the then-65-year-old car owner for an opposing team got into a physical altercation with Busch after an on-track incident.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2026
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Inconspicuous blows against Denver escalated to skirmishes.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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The pope, played by Samora la Perdida, is a mincing oaf who bickers with Galas about the value of translating Wagner.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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What Separates Flatness That Works Three things separate flatness that works from flatness that abandons.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Again, at least partially to cut costs, the R2 abandons the R1’s hydraulic roll control system, which caused stiffness, unnecessary clunking, and inconsistent response in almost any driving scenario.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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“Scraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraps. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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