1
as in dumps
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
I should throw away that torn shirt
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2
as in spends
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 throws away
Each year, the average American throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 May 2026
Its chair, Beatrice Rindevall, said each Swede throws away around 9-10 kilograms (20-22 pounds) of clothes.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The program has focused on turning waste into artwork while raising awareness about how much plastic the community throws away.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Last season, Penn State was a few throws away from reaching the national championship game, leading at halftime but falling to Notre Dame 26-23 in the Orange Bowl.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 May 2026
Its chair, Beatrice Rindevall, said each Swede throws away around 9-10 kilograms (20-22 pounds) of clothes.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The program has focused on turning waste into artwork while raising awareness about how much plastic the community throws away.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Last season, Penn State was a few throws away from reaching the national championship game, leading at halftime but falling to Notre Dame 26-23 in the Orange Bowl.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throws away
Verb
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Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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The mother spends her waking hours working on other people’s farms and performing tasks the neighbors prefer not to do themselves.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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My daughter calls me a creative engineer, someone who spends her life creatively thinking about ways to provide live experiences that offer joy and beauty, or maybe more importantly, that challenge us to see things differently.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Fatherhood, and your relationship with your daughter, runs through all 25 years with unusual depth.—
Paul Baier,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Opens next Sunday and runs through June 28.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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This week, Charli XCX ditches the dancefloor on a fuzzy rock song, J Balvin and Ryan Castro make their case for song of the summer with an aerobic track, and Little Simz spits atop a trap beat, once again solidifying her rap icon status.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2026
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The $99 Fitbit Air ditches the display, relying instead on subtle haptics and passive tracking to deliver a quieter, less intrusive experience.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Big Papi loses to David Eckstein, leaves Minnesota, wins a ring with Boston.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
Verb
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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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That, along with the public opposition, contributed to the 20-year moratorium Thursday’s Senate vote throws out.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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Blood Meridian throws out the Western trope of good versus evil in favor of a nihilist view of a world consumed by violence.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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