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as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
I should throw away that torn shirt
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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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Recent Examples of throw away
Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso boasts of living just a stone’s throw away from where he was born and raised in south Williamsburg.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Faran Krentcil, Allure, 4 May 2026
This was a lightweight device, even one that could be treated as a throwaway, that would connect to applications stored online.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Indeed, studying what people throw away (eventually, people throw away almost everything) is one of the most efficient ways to learn about them.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso boasts of living just a stone’s throw away from where he was born and raised in south Williamsburg.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Noun
There’s much ado about belts, a cerulean soliloquy, and a throwaway line about an eyelash curler that, frankly, should have landed better.
—Faran Krentcil, Allure, 4 May 2026
This was a lightweight device, even one that could be treated as a throwaway, that would connect to applications stored online.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw away
Verb
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And now is looking to dump salary and rebuild yet again.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Bird baths should be dumped and refilled every few days, too.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Verb
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As Kennedy and Bessette spend more time together and grow closer, her intimidation of the spotlight and fear of invasive paparazzi often create tension in their relationship, despite his attempts to calm the situation.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
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Clare joins me now to share why readers are spending real time and money to live inside their favorite fictional stories.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Noun
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Rams castaway Cooper Kupp still boasts an unexpected wry sense of humor.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Fantasizing about a castaway escape, with a remote island drop-off and beach picnic for two?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Noun
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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
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Look for items on sale via the weekly store circular.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Inspectors stopped food preparation immediately and tomato soup prepared with the brown water was discarded.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 June 2026
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.—
Los Angeles City Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Verb
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One hundred and twenty-six supporters lost their lives after police fired tear gas into the terraces following two late goals from Hearts of Oak in a game against Asante Kotoko.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The Royals have lost six of their last seven games.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Because she had already been assessed a technical foul moments earlier, the shove counted as her second of the night, earning an automatic ejection.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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But when almost anyone can fabricate a visually similar image in seconds from a text prompt using artificial intelligence, how do people decide which image is real?—
Nan Li,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
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Sometimes, that means giving [the pamphlets] out to the kids to give to their parents.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
11 June 2026
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These invasion fictions took a range of forms, from short stories and pamphlets to novellas and full-length novels, and proliferated especially in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period leading up to World War I, which brought the subgenre’s brief flourishing to an end.—
Ivan Kreilkamp,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2026
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“Throw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20away. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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