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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
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
Deep-cleaning my house used to leave me with a lot of plastic bags, paper, and plastic containers to throw away.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
Kayti Burt, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
The consumer sees their purchase as a short-term-use throwaway item because that has become the industry standard.
—Ryan McFarland, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Two officers, who were patrolling the area on the inaugural deployment of the department’s new e-bikes, apprehended the two suspects who attempted to throw away the duffle bag in a nearby dumpster.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
Deep-cleaning my house used to leave me with a lot of plastic bags, paper, and plastic containers to throw away.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
However, a throwaway comment from the car mechanic Sang-hoon hires to fix his broken windshield has Sang-hoon reconsidering the entire accident.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
The consumer sees their purchase as a short-term-use throwaway item because that has become the industry standard.
—Ryan McFarland, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw away
Verb
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Tracking collared bears revealed that bears were being lured into traffic danger by a roadside pit where the Ministry of Transportation was dumping roadkill.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Off the northwestern coast of Africa, scientists aboard a research vessel pulled up the trawling net and dumped their catch onto the deck.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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Officials spent countless hours consulting with community members, in part, because one of the city’s busiest bus routes runs through the square.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Disney spent $100 million to produce and another $100 million on marketing efforts for the kid friendly adventure about a chaotic alien who crash-lands in Hawaii and gets adapted by a young girl and her older sister.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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But the bigger problem now is the big bang of agency memos, bulletins, circulars, and other forms of regulatory dark matter—edicts that bypass traditional public-notice rulemaking procedures, allegedly lack the force of law, yet few are brave enough to ignore.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Other ways to save on eggs include using store circulars, or buying them with a cash-back credit card.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Make sure to discard salsa that was left out at room temperature for over two hours, especially on hot days.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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Today, House Republicans will move promptly to discard it.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The University of San Diego and San Diego State both lost Thursday to drop into the losers’ brackets of their respective double-elimination conference baseball tournaments.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Andrew Marchand writes that the show lost its way in recent years, but that won’t change its place in my heart.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Fisher was at the heart of the comeback, hitting the game-tying free throw with seconds left in the fourth quarter to keep IMG alive.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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Baldwin never ended up spending a second in prison, nor even a full week before a jury in his own case last summer.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Plus, people are ditching their pay-TV packages for cheaper streaming options and further chipping away at the cable companies’ once-lucrative bottom lines.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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Finally, ditch the return-to-office mandates and try piloting schedules that are outside of the traditional 9-5, 5 days a week.—
Lindsay Kohler,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Jesse Whittock with you again to run through the second week headlines from the Croisette and further afield.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Minnesota United’s path in the U.S. Open Cup will run through St. Paul.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2025
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“Throw away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20away. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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