1
as in dumped
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
I should throw away that torn shirt
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2
as in spent
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 thrown away
Most are thrown away within minutes.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
In the communications, NASA managers wrote that equipment not moved in time — including one-of-a-kind hardware — could be thrown away or donated.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Anything else, such as food waste, hazardous materials and household items are technically not supposed to be thrown away in a construction landfill.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
The mussels were voluntarily thrown away that day.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Any items affected by the recall should be thrown away.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Institutions are urged not to serve these products, the agency said, adding the products should be thrown away.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
The recall notice says these products should be thrown away, but institutions probably should contact their vendors about refunds.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Those things are being thrown away.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
In the communications, NASA managers wrote that equipment not moved in time — including one-of-a-kind hardware — could be thrown away or donated.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Anything else, such as food waste, hazardous materials and household items are technically not supposed to be thrown away in a construction landfill.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
The mussels were voluntarily thrown away that day.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Any items affected by the recall should be thrown away.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Institutions are urged not to serve these products, the agency said, adding the products should be thrown away.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
The recall notice says these products should be thrown away, but institutions probably should contact their vendors about refunds.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Those things are being thrown away.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrown away
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Somewhere beyond the brush, two frightened dogs — caught on video being dumped and abandoned — were still waiting, as if the person who left them might return.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Drone footage showed catastrophic flooding that turned streets into rivers, submerged homes and overturned cars as Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in only 24 hours in some areas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Brenda Greathouse, Founder and CEO of Legacy Drives Life™, has spent her career at the intersection of information, innovation, and humanity, guiding businesses through this very tech transformation.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The next year, Huffman returned as CEO and spent a decade turning the company around.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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That, too, had echoes of last season, when City, the reigning champions, lost their way completely after a promising start, winning just one match out of 13 in all competitions between late October and late December.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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The major hubs of O'Hare, Atlanta, Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth rounded out the top five airports for cancellations, but those airports only lost around 3% of their flights.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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While Skenes' early years are apparently being wasted in a Pittsburgh organization that refuses to spend money to create a playoff-contending roster around him, the Pirates could build from within to create a strong team a few years down the road by stockpiling top prospects, Rymer argued.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The offense underachieved in 2025 and wasted a strong season from the starting rotation.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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After the executions, the bodies were discarded without ceremony.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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As Colley noted, Harry is technically in line for the throne of Canada, but nonetheless ditched his Commonwealth allegiances for the Dodgers.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Bo Nix ditched his uneven past, and the defense showed elasticity but refused to snap.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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Marshall tossed an overhead pass to Flagg, who slammed in a dunk.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Check in on your hair tools before the year end to see what’s still in good shape and what needs to be tossed.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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The redistricting measure, which passed resoundingly Tuesday, doesn’t break any ground, chart a fresh course or shed any light on a better pathway forward.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Once CoreWeave sheds its liabilities over the next five years, Blakely says, a growing percent of its revenue can begin coming from infrastructure that’s already paid off, boosting CoreWeave’s margins.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Thrown away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrown%20away. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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