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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
I should throw away that torn shirt
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as in spent
to use up carelessly
if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use
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Recent Examples of threw away
His former colleagues say they’d be shocked if Rieder threw away his role to become a simple loyalist.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Hurts threw away the subsequent third-and-12.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
But Miller, the trash guy, seems to have more info on them than evidence, and let’s slip that Oliver got (and threw away) a generous offer on his apartment.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
An Arkansas woman almost threw away a winning lottery ticket with a big prize.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Masataka Yoshida walked and Romy Gonzalez singled to put two men on with one out, and Ceddanne Rafaela reached on an infield single, which Pirates third baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa threw away to allow Yoshida to score.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Employees threw away the foods in garbage bags.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
Hurts threw away the subsequent third-and-12.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
But Miller, the trash guy, seems to have more info on them than evidence, and let’s slip that Oliver got (and threw away) a generous offer on his apartment.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
An Arkansas woman almost threw away a winning lottery ticket with a big prize.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Masataka Yoshida walked and Romy Gonzalez singled to put two men on with one out, and Ceddanne Rafaela reached on an infield single, which Pirates third baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa threw away to allow Yoshida to score.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Employees threw away the foods in garbage bags.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threw away
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In 2019, discarded e-waste globally was valued at more than $57 billion.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Short’s personality and complexity, attributes long discarded as her life became bastardized, stand in stark contrast to the inhumanity of her death.—
Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Beijing has spent decades growing its trade ties and bankrolling projects in the region, to boost transportation links and cut energy costs – cementing its own influence along the way.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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The massive installation was created by German artist Benjamin Klapper, who spent more than a month assembling the sculpture in a bid to break a Guinness World Record.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Global funds had dumped Indonesian bonds from September to November, before returning in the final month of 2025.—
Prima Wirayani,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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With the big snowstorm that just dumped more than a foot of snow across most of the state, Volkert also said residents should be diligent about clearing snow away from any vents to their home.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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The head of a medical watchdog group unleashed on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) after a nurse at the school's hospital lost her job over TikTok videos that went viral for all the wrong reasons.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Italians fought and lost to Robert Moses’s wrecking whims; Puerto Ricans who could fled to Jersey for the privilege of a backyard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Walz still doesn’t know the names of the agents who unloaded their firearms into Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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As dozens of people lined the docks to watch, volunteers and biologists carefully unloaded the large mammals from the back of a SeaWorld box truck onto the boat ramp.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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First, Cameron Diaz ditched stilettos for ballet flats, and now Carrie Underwood just showed off another comfy (yet totally polished) alternative.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Margot Robbie has ditched the hot pink Barbie Land in favor of the windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, and her hair has too!—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Threw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20away. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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