as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
he flung away the used matchstick flinging off dirty clothes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flung (off or away)
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In 2019, discarded e-waste globally was valued at more than $57 billion.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Short’s personality and complexity, attributes long discarded as her life became bastardized, stand in stark contrast to the inhumanity of her death.—
Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Global funds had dumped Indonesian bonds from September to November, before returning in the final month of 2025.—
Prima Wirayani,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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With the big snowstorm that just dumped more than a foot of snow across most of the state, Volkert also said residents should be diligent about clearing snow away from any vents to their home.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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Walz still doesn’t know the names of the agents who unloaded their firearms into Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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As dozens of people lined the docks to watch, volunteers and biologists carefully unloaded the large mammals from the back of a SeaWorld box truck onto the boat ramp.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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First, Cameron Diaz ditched stilettos for ballet flats, and now Carrie Underwood just showed off another comfy (yet totally polished) alternative.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Margot Robbie has ditched the hot pink Barbie Land in favor of the windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, and her hair has too!—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2026
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The head of a medical watchdog group unleashed on Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) after a nurse at the school's hospital lost her job over TikTok videos that went viral for all the wrong reasons.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Italians fought and lost to Robert Moses’s wrecking whims; Puerto Ricans who could fled to Jersey for the privilege of a backyard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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His former colleagues say they’d be shocked if Rieder threw away his role to become a simple loyalist.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Hurts threw away the subsequent third-and-12.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Flung (off or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flung%20%28off%20or%20away%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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