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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 throwaway
Daniel Popper, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
When in doubt, skip the sign-up or use a throwaway email.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Organize the contents of the cabinets and drawers and throw away any expired or unused items.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
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Verb
TruMedia has a stat called splash plays, which includes sacks, tackles for loss, pressures leading to a throwaway, run stuffs and batted passes.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
When in doubt, skip the sign-up or use a throwaway email.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
Vogue editors will be live-blogging the show—some of us from the art space where the show will take place just a stone’s throw away from the Fondazione Prada, and others from the comfort of our homes while watching the livestream.
—Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Organize the contents of the cabinets and drawers and throw away any expired or unused items.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwaway
Verb
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Coach Joanne is dead set on turning things around this season despite having just been brutally dumped by her girlfriend and co-founder of the team.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ross took over for Joe Maddon, who five years earlier replaced Rick Renteria in a prior example of the Cubs dumping a first-time manager for a more experienced, accomplished hand.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That year, the board hired Pat Gelsinger, an engineer who had spent 30 years at Intel before leaving it for other companies and eventually running VMware.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Elordi spent up to 10 hours per session in the makeup chair and worked 18-hour days in full prosthetics.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These new Survivor castaways are jazzed beyond belief, and who wouldn’t be?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Petty received a number of congratulatory messages in her comments, including from a few other Survivor castaways.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Tennessean looked at weekly circulars from more than a dozen stores, including Middle Tennessee staples like Aldi, Dollar General, BJ's Wholesale Club.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Several space observatories did watch the asteroid, according to an Oct. 2 update from the Minor Planet Center, which shares information quickly with the astronomy community through an electronic circular.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If your bulbs feel squishy, discard them.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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Non-reusable textiles (otherwise known as NRTs) are of particular interest, underscored by ACT UK’s report that the region discards 740,000 metric tons of NRT every year.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's most recent analysis from June estimates 16 million Americans will lose their health care coverage by 2034 due to the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Many argue that Japan is at risk of losing its way of life, or that Japanese workers are being edged out of jobs.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Third-and-13 with 38 seconds left.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Even casual spectators couldn't help but comment on their obvious chemistry in the few brief seconds of interaction caught on camera.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Masters is still fed up with FIFA over the Club World Cup and is in no hurry to ditch the likes of Sky Sports for a Ligue 1-style Premflix streaming pass.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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If so, now’s the time to ditch your outdated model and upgrade to a quality vacuum during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Throwaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwaway. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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