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
Implicit in the administration’s actions are concerns about bloat and wastage of taxpayer money.
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
In addition to food production, IEEE is developing ways to improve food safety by placing freshness sensors in packaging and using technologies such as blockchain to track contaminated food better so that only the affected food is recalled, reducing food wastage while protecting food supplies.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Professionalization of power distribution can help lower these subsidies and reduce wastage.
—Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Lunches and dinners are served à la carte to reduce food wastage.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
In addition to food production, IEEE is developing ways to improve food safety by placing freshness sensors in packaging and using technologies such as blockchain to track contaminated food better so that only the affected food is recalled, reducing food wastage while protecting food supplies.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Professionalization of power distribution can help lower these subsidies and reduce wastage.
—Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Lunches and dinners are served à la carte to reduce food wastage.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wastage
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July 6, 2025: A large scale of destruction in Georgetown, downed trees show the aftermath of raging floodwaters in the South San Gabriel River.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Regardless, the truck’s destruction eventually creates a bonding moment with Hank, Bobby, and the most reliable member of the elder generation that Hank knows: the memory of his old truck.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The bacteria causing havoc for summer swimmers include E.coli and Enterococcus — nasty germs often found in the feces of people and animals.—
Shreya Srinivasan,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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Cilic was never in the contest because of a foot blister that was causing havoc with pain and movement, something that was imperative against the balletic Federer.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Businesses unknowingly employ these fictitious vendors, incurring massive financial losses and data breaches.—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Gauff, by contrast, was 20-3 at that stage, including a loss to Sofia Kenin at Wimbledon in 2023.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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After decades of habitat destruction, unregulated hunting and industrial expansion, federal officials had already flagged more than 70 species at risk of extinction—with many more lining up behind them.—
Christine Peterson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
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Loss of habitat, for any species, is the largest cause of extinction.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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On its website, Austin Disaster Relief Network posts daily needs, from call-center operators and coordinators to skilled and unskilled labor for demolition.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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At that time, the home was declared an unsafe structure and was set for demolition, Toussaint said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 July 2025
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“Wastage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastage. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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