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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwaways
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Other castaways include Season 1’s Jenna Lewis-Dougherty, Season 2’s Colby Donaldson, and Cirie Fields, competing for the fifth time.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026 -
During the three-hour premiere, viewers saw not one, but two of the initial 24 castaways sent home.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some religious tracts and pamphlets had been sent by radio preachers after Mama or Daddy had mailed them a dollar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Campaign volunteers passed out pamphlets with information about Measure V and buttons and yard signs showing support.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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The vast majority of those discards wind up in the trash, further exacerbating the avocado’s environmental impact.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Dozens of publications, signs, plaques, and booklets were identified, including those referencing how light pollution affects sea turtles, booklets on emancipation and the cause of the Civil War, and the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
11 Mar. 2026
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Inside were sermons, political tracts, and educational booklets.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Livestock breeders, who have seen their flocks decimated by mass culls due to an outbreak of sheep and goat pox, have joined the protests, which began in November.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
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This bass species had the genes for a range of survival strategies before the culls started, Zarri says.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
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All those tabs on the left make jumping between different Spaces (folders) or items within a Space easy.—
Ruben Circelli,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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Beginning January 21, an internal bug labeled CW1226324 caused Copilot to read and summarize emails stored in Sent Items and Drafts folders.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Two Condron free throws with 31 seconds to go in the third quarter put UCSD ahead 38-37 for the first time since the game’s opening minutes.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Green Mountain finally got its first field goal with 1 minute, 47 seconds left in the half when Ella Cockrum drove for a layup.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Article continues below Many modern-day amateur telescopes come equipped with GoTo mounts, which automatically aim the optics at thousands of observable targets that are easily selected from pre-programmed astronomy catalogues.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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As the bustling capital of Japan, Tokyo is home to hundreds of museums, ranging from august institutions with endless catalogs of national treasures to niche collections of curious obsessions (Looking at you, Meguro Parasitological Museum).—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Throwaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwaways. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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