waste (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waste (away)
Verb
  • After a disappointing domestic debut and meager turnout overseas, the sci-fi sequel is fading too fast to have any hope of recouping its $180 million production budget in theaters.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Back in Guatemala City, as the light begins to fade from the skyline, the maquila workers emerge from their factories.
    Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the very high end of the market is strong, the aspirational luxury market has weakened due to economic pressures.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Far from expanding opportunity, this excessive wealth locks millions out of the chance to innovate and build, weakening growth for all.
    Scott Ellis, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every time a product goes viral, trendsetters always start looking for the next iteration of it—from Sambas to now, Labubus.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Rush threw for 72 yards with an interception, while Huntley went 10-of-15 for 68 yards, while also rushing for 39 yards.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The lights themselves are also heavy, can make the nets sag, and not easy for fishers to work with.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Representing Super has taken on a tough job, reviving a sagging brand while activist investors send spitballs in from the outside and competitors look to take share.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Yet Britain failed to capitalize on the success, underestimating the American ability to regroup and continue fighting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cetus sank into the depths, never to be seen again.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The best way to apply irrigation is slowly, gently, and over a long period so the water has time to sink into the soil.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Waste (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waste%20%28away%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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