as in destruction
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea
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Recent Examples of wastage
Make small batches to mitigate the risk of spoilage and wastage.
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Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
McDonald's Japan recently paused a high-demand Pokémon card Happy Meal campaign due to crowds and food wastage, highlighting the popularity of such tie-ins.
—Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Now, a new study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) in Spain has identified a protein molecule that represses the activation of BAT, and could be valuable for treating the malnutrition, weight loss and muscle wastage associated with some cancers.
—New Atlas, 16 June 2025
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Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
McDonald's Japan recently paused a high-demand Pokémon card Happy Meal campaign due to crowds and food wastage, highlighting the popularity of such tie-ins.
—Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Photos on social media showed dozens of bags of Happy Meals dumped outside a restaurant, as well as unclaimed food left sitting idly on self-pick-up tables, prompting public outcries of food wastage.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Now, a new study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) in Spain has identified a protein molecule that represses the activation of BAT, and could be valuable for treating the malnutrition, weight loss and muscle wastage associated with some cancers.
—New Atlas, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wastage
Noun
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Israeli officials say Hamas could hand over six more bodies immediately out of the 15 still believed in Gaza, though some remains may be impossible to recover amid widespread destruction.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Amid the destruction of war and the uncertainty of a ceasefire barely a week old, Palestinians in Gaza now face a stark reality.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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What remains is devastation at an almost unimaginable scale.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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The devastation was so severe that rebuilding and recovery seemed years away.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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Who could possibly top the diary of havoc written in Santa Clara?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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There, the Brewers’ havoc seemed to start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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For midlife patients, that often means managing menopause symptoms, bone loss and metabolic changes brought on by hormone therapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
21 Oct. 2025
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Before getting protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1970, North Atlantic right whales were hunted commercially, which led to their near extinction in the early 1900s, according to the Marine Mammal Commission.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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But over exploitation often followed, leading to depletions and extinctions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The same day, photos and video surfaced that showed demolition underway on the East Wing.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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That’s how a lot of forgery demolitions get worked out.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Wastage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastage. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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