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Noun
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Carving out a little lane of their own is ØWay, a supergroup of castaways big enough to fill every position on a baseball field.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026 -
First, Jeff Probst competed alongside the group of castaways.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fly across the world to visit archives and then look at additional pamphlets just because the covers look cute.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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At the dawn of the 20th century, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion took hold of the Western imagination, codifying generations of stereotypes and canards about Jews controlling global events and packaging them in easy-to-read pamphlets.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The vast majority of those discards wind up in the trash, further exacerbating the avocado’s environmental impact.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The vests carry necessary equipment like information booklets and Narcan.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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During the mission, astronauts will collect saliva samples by blotting them onto special paper stored in small booklets, a simple method required because Orion lacks refrigeration, NASA said.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, resistance to AI applications is growing in the world’s second-largest economy as worker fears of mass job culls rise.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Livestock breeders, who have seen their flocks decimated by mass culls due to an outbreak of sheep and goat pox, have joined the protests, which began in November.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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However, moments after the apology, Navarro used yellow file folders to conceal the silver handcuffs that corrections officers placed on her wrists.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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The undertaking was announced in a new project called Maison Margiela/folders, which makes all the imagery and research typically accessible only by press and employees, available to all.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Sabres now lead the playoffs with 10 goals within 10 seconds of a turnover, according to Sportlogiq.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, bettering the previous men’s world record by an astonishing 65 seconds.—
ap,
Bloomberg,
26 Apr. 2026
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Retailers rushed to announce AI capabilities, but many are now struggling to operationalize those tools across fragmented data systems and inconsistent catalogs.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
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So what does this mean for shoppers who purchase products via the company’s TV channels, streaming and social services, websites, apps, stores and catalogs?—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Throwaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwaways. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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