throws away

verb

present tense third-person singular of throw away
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 Every draft Stewart throws away trains his instinct for the line worth keeping. — Dr. Mario García, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Each year, the average American throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash. — 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
  1. dumps
  2. spends
  3. discards
  4. runs through
  5. ditches
  6. loses
  7. unloads
  8. throws out
Verb
  • PennEnvironment says the Philadelphia Water Department dumps over 12 billion gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater a year into the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and their tributaries.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Using the same spoofing method as in the Silver attack, the attacker dumps Chrome's process memory and extracts the master key that protects the passkey's private key.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumps
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  • Teng spends time with Mark Perlmutter, a North Carolina surgeon who, like Teng’s other subjects, volunteers in Gaza, treating the many who have been severely injured in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Cuomo spends a lot of the album chewing over a middle-aged indecisiveness that mirrors the journey of his fans, adding a drolly poignant tinge to a warmly familiar sound.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of spends
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  • The solution lies in circular economies, where Asia alone discards $91 billion in unrecovered metals annually.
    — Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The website then discards the data entered, according to its FAQs.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of discards
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  • The restoration runs through a coalition of four local groups, the oldest founded 26 years ago.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Alzheimer’s Society has been the FA’s official charity partner since 2021 and has an agreement that runs through to the end of the 2027-28 season.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs through
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  • Our shortcut version also ditches the eggs for mayonnaise and adds in capers for extra briny punch.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026
  • Splatoon Raiders ditches the series' trademark, competitive multiplayer shooting, to focus entirely on single-player and co-operative raids.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
Definition of ditches
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  • By middle age, everyone loses around a third of their amplitude of accommodation.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • When the inventory drops below 300 million barrels, the SPR loses its ability to pump oil at rapid speeds to address emergencies, Misra said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of loses
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  • Tennessee coach unloads on NCAA suspension Speaking on Tuesday before the Vols open Fall camp, head coach Josh Heupel did not mince words on the NCAA's punishment of a 2-game suspension for the linebacker.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Definition of unloads
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  • Despite damning evidence, the judge throws out the case and Thorne goes free.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2026
  • What begins as a simple burglary spirals into a nightmarish ordeal after one sister throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of throws out

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“Throws away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20away. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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