throw away 1 of 2

verb

Definition of throw awaynext
1
as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted I should throw away that torn shirt

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2
as in to spend
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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throwaway

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noun

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as in castaway

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as in circular

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Recent Examples of throw away
Verb
If tomatoes have holes, they should not be eaten and thrown away entirely. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 Centrists warned that a bizarro left-leaning tea party would, like its right-wing antecedent, throw away winnable seats. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Noun
Presumptive Democrat nominee David Jolly’s campaign platform barely mentions climate change, only including it in a throwaway bullet point about preserving natural resources that is devoid of specifics. — Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The subject remains a sensitive one in Indonesia, and the film reflects it subtly – a throwaway line at the start describes how a Chinese character has had to register his business under his, supposedly, native Indonesian son-in-law. — Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for throw away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw away
  1. dump
  2. spend
  3. castaway
  4. circular
  5. discard
  6. lose
  7. second
  8. pamphlet
Verb
  • Brie dumped Jacy Jayne to the outside and mocked Nikki Bella’s dance.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Overwhelmed fans reported blacking out at the Eras Tour, all memories of the night dumped.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of dump
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  • Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages, and Smarter Faster Better, also a bestseller.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Syeda Sultana, chief operating officer at the digital marketing platform Vettted, spent a decade managing a global sustainability program.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of spend
Noun
  • But the Hurricanes turned speedy castaways like Ehlers, Miller, Taylor Hall and Eric Robinson into Cup champions.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Rams castaway Cooper Kupp still boasts an unexpected wry sense of humor.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Definition of castaway
Noun
  • Canada’s largest lender also plans to increase annual compensation for its board directors by 22% to C$415,000 per year following a review by an external consultant, Royal Bank said in its annual proxy circular, filed Thursday.
    — Christine Dobby, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Look for items on sale via the weekly store circular.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Definition of circular
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  • Russia’s answer to the Artemis program is to develop its own Russian Orbital Station, using modules from the International Space Station after it has been discarded, which would act as a gateway for lunar exploration.
    — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
  • The Secret Service’s actual procedures turn out to be more like guidelines that can be discarded if the president is sufficiently angry—which, from the standpoint of safeguarding democracy, constitutes a fairly concerning loophole.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of discard
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  • As team president Mark Donovan put it on Wednesday while speaking at the opening of training camp at Missouri Western, the focus forward began almost instantly after the Chiefs lost their season finale to the Raiders in Las Vegas.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • Lipow estimates the world has lost about 6 million to 7 million barrels of refining capacity per day, making existing refineries even more profitable.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of lose
Noun
  • Now, each artist has to read a prompt, sketch it, and surrender the sketch to Kaylin, who has 10 seconds to describe it to the performer, via what seems like a terrible, hard-to-hear phone connection.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Doing any of those things in 15 seconds where classical computing takes an hour is huge, mostly because many of these optimization problems are constantly changing minute by minute.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of second
Noun
  • Buses transported families, including children and teenagers, from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, while young activists from Ben Gvir’s and Smotrich’s parties handed out campaign materials and pamphlets.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • My boss holds the pamphlet far away from the rest of her body—her index finger and thumb suddenly forming a sharp pincer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
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