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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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2
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
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.
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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
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
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By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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After the executions, the bodies were discarded without ceremony.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Brenda Greathouse, Founder and CEO of Legacy Drives Life™, has spent her career at the intersection of information, innovation, and humanity, guiding businesses through this very tech transformation.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The next year, Huffman returned as CEO and spent a decade turning the company around.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Lastly, My Roommate Is a Cat is the touching story of how a shy novelist named Mikazuki Subaru comes to live with a feline companion who was dumped by humans and lived a tough life on the streets.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Triggered by a strong earthquake that dumped 40 million tons of rock into the bay at once, the tsunami killed five people and wiped away two square miles of forest along the shore.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Milwaukee Bucks have lost one game this season.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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At least 19 people have lost their lives in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, which battered the island this week as the most powerful storm to ever hit the Caribbean nation.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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This comes after the billionaire has unloaded more than 100 million shares in the past year alone.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
21 Oct. 2025
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In some cases, aircraft crews unloaded aid in near-darkness, refueled and immediately switched to evacuation runs.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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As Colley noted, Harry is technically in line for the throne of Canada, but nonetheless ditched his Commonwealth allegiances for the Dodgers.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Bo Nix ditched his uneven past, and the defense showed elasticity but refused to snap.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Threw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20away. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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