discarded
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Any pretense at acceptance has long been discarded.
From MarketWatch â Oct. 20, 2026
Because multi-dose vials must be discarded 30 minutes after opening, each vial yields only about 1.2 to 1.6 usable doses in practice.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 13, 2026
In each workshop, Ingold encourages students to use discarded textile material to make art.
From Los Angeles Times â Sep. 28, 2026
The orange make-up could now be washed off with soap and water, the shoes were more comfortable and the chocolate river was no longer full of cigarette ends discarded by crew members.
From BBC â Sep. 23, 2026
Science would never progress until the world discarded Aristotle’s physics—along with Aristotle’s rejection of Zeno’s infinities.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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