waste (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waste (away)
Verb
  • The brand recommends avoiding dabbing or blotting after applying the spray, as this can cause the fragrance to break down and fade.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 15 July 2025
  • The celestial trio will remain close to each other throughout the night, with Saturn and Neptune eventually fading from sight in the southern sky when the sun rises on July 16.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • This weakens their ability to educate, create, and grow.
    Miguel Cardona, Time, 21 July 2025
  • This could help verify recent findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) that suggest this strange force is actually weakening over time.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • The story goes that the robbery occurred in broad daylight while occupants of Villa Nellcôte watched TV, having reportedly been conducted by Marseille drug dealers that Richards was said to have owed money to.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 15 July 2025
  • The Monday night downpour went viral on social media after the rain inundated the 28th St. station on the No. 1 subway train, causing major late-night delays.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Then there’s the reverse extreme: nipple reduction — long, protruding, often sagging nipples that are the consequence of breastfeeding.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
  • The vinyl rain gutter sagged and melted, its plastic material flapping in the wind like a flag, and the window shattered shortly after, letting the flames enter the interior.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • The agency failed to answer thousands of calls from flood survivors after allowing contracts for call-center workers to lapse one day after the disaster, according to The New York Times.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • Last July, when the blade failed, foam fiberglass and other debris settled to the ocean floor, entered the water table and littered Nantucket beaches for months.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Barratt Redrow shares sank sharply on Tuesday morning, after the FTSE 100 company warned that legacy issues would hit profits and announced lower-than-expected completions for the last financial year.
    Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • In his view, that’s why the dollar sank 10% against other top global currencies in the first half of the year, marking the greenback’s worst such performance since 1953.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 13 July 2025
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“Waste (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waste%20%28away%29. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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