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Noun
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Just scrape off large food scraps and let the dishwasher clean the rest.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026 -
The wastepaper baskets were filled with real scraps of newspaper.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
Noun
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One guy simply voted for his fellow castaways in alphabetical order.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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With Piggy as the ideas man, thinking through issues like sanitation and proposing a signal fire to aid rescue efforts, Ralph uses his constituents’ goodwill to implement an ad-hoc social democracy that cares for even the youngest and weakest castaways.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
4 May 2026
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“Hand-me-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-me-downs. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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