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
Customers can keep the vessel and return for a new scent instead of throwing away or recycling a candle jar. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Don’t throw away the stronger strategy because collecting now feels better this morning. — Ray R. Harris, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
This would involve working on his old cars, but also—as if a throwaway thought—winning a prestigious dressage show and then giving media interviews afterward. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 On defense, Jevon Holland’s interception of Dak Prescott late in the first half changed the game, after Kayvon Thibodeaux pressured the Cowboys quarterback into a throwaway. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 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
  • Anytime a stock is spun off, there can be an adjustment period as investors who received shares due to ownership in its former parent decide to dump it.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Farmers dumped manure on the streets of Turin on Friday as mass demonstrations unfurled across more than 50 cities in Italy.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of dump
Verb
  • His campaign spent about $1 million to air two versions of the same ad, lower than the $4 million amount that was previously reported.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Compared to Geese, who spent years touring and releasing records before finally striking gold, Heathers has taken the sort of industry fast-track that makes conspiracy theorists start rolling out their corkboards and thumbtacks.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of spend
Noun
  • Both are works in that long tradition of castaways forced to survive, but in many ways, Crusoe—a colonist and capitalist and the later a jaundiced observer of the worst excesses of those systems—is the opposite of Gulliver.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • As fans recall, season 50 featured a guest appearance by MrBeast, who challenged the castaways to correctly guess a coin toss to double the $1 million prize.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of castaway
Noun
  • In mid-September, Bloomberg reported that public money-market funds in the kingdom have been asked to limit investments and assets held outside Saudi Arabia to 5% within two years, citing a recent circular from the CMA.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • First is a transition from a circular to a linear view of time and history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of circular
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  • Treating this salty wastewater is expensive and energy-intensive, so much of it is usually discarded because processing the brine at concentrators costs too much.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Prior to Harmony's launch, the last new room addition to the ISS had occurred in 2001, when Russia's Pirs docking module (since discarded) arrived.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of discard
Verb
  • Black employees were more likely than others named on the list to have lost their jobs and still be unemployed, the Post found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond that frequency, the optical signal can lose intensity and become less useful for reliable data transmission.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of lose
Noun
  • With 13 seconds left and third down at the Braves’ 12, Guess threw the ball up toward the end zone and Brown, his best friend since the age of 6, caught it for a touchdown.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually the inevitability of gravity brings them close enough to suddenly merge, sending out a tremendous blast of matter and energy that can outshine the sun by a factor of many billions, though just for the briefest fraction of a second.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of second
Noun
  • Once, leafing through a typographical pamphlet by the Soviet graphic artist Farsovsky, Ellendea spotted a drawing of an old-fashioned carriage and a horseman.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The pamphlet includes information on topics ranging from gender identity to what students can do if their parents do not support them.
    — Brian New, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Throw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20away. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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