discards 1 of 2

noun

plural of discard
as in culls
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others toss all of your discards in the garbage

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discards

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of discard
as in dumps
to get rid of as useless or unwanted discard an old, torn sweater

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Recent Examples of discards
Noun
And defunct iIndustry supplied artistic entrepreneurs with adaptable real-estate discards, like London’s Bankside Power Station, which evolved into Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026 Li has dedicated freezer bags for different dishes, like vegetable scraps for soups or fruit discards for smoothies. — Emily Siner, NPR, 27 June 2026 Tracking discards, reading opponents, weighing probabilities and managing your own hand all happen at once, every turn. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 Le Zotte reports that by the 1970s, more than 10 million garage sales were taking place in the United States every year, and people were paying more than $1 billion (cumulatively) for their neighbors’ discards. — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 This is a creative process whereby discards are cleaned and sent to factory, where they are cut, re-shaped and sewn into a new end product. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 May 2026 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 The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
If that prediction is wrong, the processor discards the work, although traces can remain behind. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 The solution lies in circular economies, where Asia alone discards $91 billion in unrecovered metals annually. — Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The website then discards the data entered, according to its FAQs. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Zionism discards this as essential to its self-understanding. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 This blueberry pie discards traditional warm spices by swapping them for fresh, bright flavors like honey, sage, and lime zest for a brighter version. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 Voibe processes everything locally and discards the audio right after transcribing. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026 Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026 At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discards
  1. culls
  2. dumps
  3. rejects
  4. unloads
  5. seconds
  6. ditches
  7. loses
  8. abandons
Noun
  • The same strain has forced record culls and pushed up egg prices across North America and Europe, and Australian flocks have no exposure to it.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Officials have adopted a road map for bear population management that calls for systematic culls.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026
Definition of culls
Verb
  • PennEnvironment says the Philadelphia Water Department dumps over 12 billion gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater a year into the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and their tributaries.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Using the same spoofing method as in the Silver attack, the attacker dumps Chrome's process memory and extracts the master key that protects the passkey's private key.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumps
Noun
  • The most opinionated of these rejects is Smarty Pants, a basic toilet-training tech tool given an amusingly snarky attitude by Conan O’Brien.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of rejects
Verb
  • Tennessee coach unloads on NCAA suspension Speaking on Tuesday before the Vols open Fall camp, head coach Josh Heupel did not mince words on the NCAA's punishment of a 2-game suspension for the linebacker.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Definition of unloads
Noun
  • With 33 seconds left in Round 9, Itauma’s trainer Ben Davison threw in the towel, leaving Hrgović to celebrate making history.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Minutes later the finalists will fight to stay on the back of 2,000-pound animals with names like Man Hater and Buck Nasty for eight excruciating seconds, and then dodge the bull's hooves and horns when they're tossed to the ground.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of seconds
Verb
  • Like the Pro series, the Pixel 11 ditches the Pixel 10's forward-facing metal trim and goes fully black instead.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Our shortcut version also ditches the eggs for mayonnaise and adds in capers for extra briny punch.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026
Definition of ditches
Verb
  • The genius of work divided loses none of its luster when the Chinese are participating in the work, not to mention the peaceful implications of market goods easily crossing borders.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The movie stars the late Murphy as Molly, a rich girl who loses her fortune and has to find a job.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of loses
Verb
  • The aircraft abandons the familiar tube-and-wing layout used by Boeing and Airbus.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Sophie Cunningham/transgender debate has no easy right or wrong // FIFA bows to pressure from Europe boycott, abandons private-equity plan // History suggests Miami Dolphins may be surprise team in ’26 // Cancel that intro.
    — Greg Cote August 16, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandons

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“Discards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discards. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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