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to get rid of as useless or unwanted
discard an old, torn sweater
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Recent Examples of discarded
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
It was stored away, repurposed or simply discarded.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
One thing that the Loverboy founder discarded was a fellow cast member leaking it, as phones have to be tucked away behind a pillow.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
It's located in the industrial port city of Tuticorin, India, where the firm says there were lots of steel containers discarded locally.
—Adam Williams
april 24, New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
The tahini was voluntarily discarded.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
For example, if your tomatoes were heavily affected by late blight, gray mold, or similar infections, the spores can remain viable in mulch for over three years, and should be discarded.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
McGillivray said the cold added another layer of complexity because runners were arriving in Hopkinton with many layers of extra clothing that would be discarded at the start line and need to be collected.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
In another development, researchers in the US developed a new method that could turn discarded data center hardware into a reliable, eco-friendly source of rare earths and valuable metals.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
The deer could be contaminated with CWD, and if discarded incorrectly, can spread the disease.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
It was stored away, repurposed or simply discarded.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
One thing that the Loverboy founder discarded was a fellow cast member leaking it, as phones have to be tucked away behind a pillow.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
It's located in the industrial port city of Tuticorin, India, where the firm says there were lots of steel containers discarded locally.
—Adam Williams
april 24, New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
The tahini was voluntarily discarded.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
For example, if your tomatoes were heavily affected by late blight, gray mold, or similar infections, the spores can remain viable in mulch for over three years, and should be discarded.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
McGillivray said the cold added another layer of complexity because runners were arriving in Hopkinton with many layers of extra clothing that would be discarded at the start line and need to be collected.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discarded
Verb
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Water testing has been temporarily increased to once a month at the Oceanside Harbor after someone reported seeing a suspicious liquid dumped from a boat.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Level 5 accident dumped radioactive contamination across Europe and it is thought that traces of isotope iodine-131 may have caused several hundred cancer diagnoses.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The lot was filled with junked cars, equipment and garbage, the report shows.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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Policy for transporting firearms Amtrak requires firearms on its trains to be declared, unloaded, secured in a hard case and to meet certain size and weight requirements.—
Claudia Lauer,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jerusalem — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Israel of knowingly allowing grain stolen by Russia to be unloaded at Israeli ports, threatening to impose sanctions on anyone involved in the shipments, which Kyiv says have continued despite multiple appeals to Israeli officials.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kerss is a master at breaking the complicated information down into manageable bites for those of us who ditched science after high school.—
Heather Greenwood Davis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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Vertebrates ditched their body armor and scales for smooth skin; cephalopods lost their external shell.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Shards of glass and ceramic, rusted metal, medical and bio-waste, syringes, cracked circuit boards, and broken electronics protruded everywhere.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Its 2020 anti-waste law requires unsold nonfood goods to be reused, donated or recycled instead of destroyed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sad memories of last year — when Wooten lost a tiebreaker in her state championship singles match to hand Palmetto the title — are all but erased.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Thompsons lost their mother to a heart attack in January 2023, according to TMZ.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For patients living with rare and neglected diseases, the next breakthrough treatment might already be sitting in a pharmaceutical company’s filing cabinet.—
Annette Bakker,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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When first performed at L.A. Opera a decade ago, the lavish production, co-produced with English National Opera, helped recover a neglected opera.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Where a victim has deliberately been lured to a potentially dangerous setting and then abandoned, the perpetrator may be suffering from a personality disorder, Hemmings said.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Abused, neglected, abandoned pigs At Willeyville Farm, Houk and, Jones-Willey and other volunteers were recently caring for about 40 pigs, with the goal of finding them adoptive homes.—
Eric Adler
April 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Discarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discarded. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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