throw out

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Recent Examples of throw out The author throws out plenty of bones to tempt a composer. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025 Former Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025 But a federal judge threw out the lawsuit in March 2024, excoriating the platform’s case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform’s security and legal rights. Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Risher isn’t the only chief executive who throws out unconventional questions to get a deeper read on applicants. Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for throw out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw out
Verb
  • Last year, the singer-songwriter was outed by an ex on social media.
    Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The pair’s relationship was strained in the years after the seven-time Grammy winner became famous, with Ciccone at one point accusing his sister of outing him as gay during an interview.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Andrew Garfield was originally cast as the creature but dropped out in January 2024 due to scheduling conflicts.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Mriya, which was slated to fly over Venice carrying a hard drive with a database including information on all the participating artists, casting a fleeting shadow over the Giardini.
    Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My adoptive parents had refused to allow contact or send pictures, and didn’t tell me about her attempt to communicate with us for years after the fact.
    Nicole Chung, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Federal officials refused to return him, accusing him of being a gang member, despite judges’ orders that he should be sent back to the United States.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • San Rafael, California — Whether battling a wildfire, chasing a suspect, or helping someone with a traumatic injury – the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and others who take action in emergencies regularly endure high levels of stress.
    Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Still, council member Lamont Westmoreland wondered if the danger that technology presented would be less than the danger of chasing vehicles.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If your bulbs feel squishy, discard them.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • According to figures from a housing assessment released this April, the median house value in Fayetteville has grown 275% in the last two decades, and the median gross rent has increased 78%.
    Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In the lead-up to the tournament, Argentina had played a series of friendlies without him, since Valencia refused to release him.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In a June ruling, a three-judge Kansas Court of Appeals panel rejected Kobach’s arguments in no uncertain terms.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Throw out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20out. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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