threw away

past tense of throw away

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of threw away 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 Spurs threw away a two-goal lead in those final stages, then lost on penalties. Jay Harris, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025 Employees threw away the foods in garbage bags. Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threw away
Verb
  • The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The aspects of Dalton’s theory that disagreed with reality were discarded, just as the aspects of Democritus’s ideas that didn’t align with reality were not kept as part of the theory.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hammack spent much of her career on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs, latterly serving as co-head of the global financing group and a member of the management committee—and as such still keeps a close eye on financial markets as a barometer of the economy’s health.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For Holt, the project is a reminder of the value of sound and conversation in journalism after years spent as one of the most recognizable faces in a heavily visual medium.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Callie, the hottest person at Seattle Grace, went through so much turmoil and humiliation in her relationships prior to that, including, but not limited to, being cheated on by her husband and being dumped by a newly out lesbian who couldn’t handle her being bisexual.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • Old Nazi warheads and US warships have been reclaimed by a new army of diverse marine life, as scientists uncover how nature has made use of the munitions and fleets that ended up dumped in waterways during the two world conflicts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hamilton famously lost her arm to a shark attack in 2003 and hopped back on her board one month later.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Hudson’s daughter, Ricky (Perry Mattfield), who works as an assistant coach, is a former track star who lost her confidence after an injury and now struggles to get the other Catfish coaches (including her dad) to take her seriously.
    Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For indoor storage, guns should be kept unloaded and locked in appropriate safes or lockboxes for handguns, with ammunition in a separate safe, the AAP recommends.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just as its men’s counterpart did last year, the UWCL has now ditched the old group stage format for a new league phase.
    Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Creating a more seamless form of live sports distribution means essentially rebuilding the cable bundles many have ditched over the last few years.
    Maya Sweedler, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Threw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20away. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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