Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white elephant
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Shanks admitted to spending the entire music budget on the rights to it, which speaks to the great importance he’s placed on a throwaway pun.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
31 July 2025 -
Continuing her renaissance after The Last Showgirl, Anderson displays impeccable comic timing, never leaning too hard into a line when her breathy throwaway delivery can land a bigger laugh.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Just connect the headphones to your fitness app, and the internal tech uses LED optical sensors that pulse over 100 times per second to measure your blood flow.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
24 July 2025
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Average travel times per 10 kilometers improved from 33 minutes and 53 seconds to 30 minutes and 48 seconds.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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North Korea has responded to previous balloon campaigns with fiery rhetoric and other shows of anger, and last year the country launched its own balloons across the border, dumping rubbish on various South Korean sites, including the presidential compound.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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They were were found beneath a pile of rubbish heaped just inside her front door, according to a police report released Wednesday.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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According to the probable cause affidavit reviewed by PEOPLE in January 2023, authorities identified him after matching DNA on trash taken from Bryan's parents' home to that of the sheath of the knife used in the stabbings that was left at the crime scene.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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An Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles, as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan,...—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The funding increase aligns with a broader push in Congress and the federal government to fully support veterans' health programs, improve oversight, and reduce waste within the VA system.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The business also composts all organic waste through a local company, Compost for Life, and uses plastic-free, compostable packaging and wooden spoons.—
Karin Eldor,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Display advertising and native content shifted en masse to the tech giants, leaving media companies to fight over the scraps.—
Calum Chace,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks were locked in a three-way scrap for the last NL Wild Card berths as the regular season was about to end.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
24 July 2025
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“White elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20elephant. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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