variants
or 86
as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood
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Additionally, it can be made from industry-waste wood which would otherwise be discarded.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025 -
Despite a ticking clock that seemingly guarantees the girl’s senseless death will be discarded as a cold case, Noelle is determined to identify the body and uncover the truth.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Michelin Guide’s lauding of lackluster restaurants has become so prevalent that experienced diners—bewildered to see stellar performers lose stars or get excluded altogether—have begun to turn elsewhere for solid suggestions.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
15 Feb. 2025
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McCauley’s peers across the crypto industry have shared similar sagas about being locked out of the U.S. financial system, losing access to payroll, checking accounts and payment processing.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Sundance is the only major film festival to offer that opportunity; Toronto offered a platform in 2021, but ditched it in 2022.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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By ditching Baldwin's $2.5 million contract, Milwaukee gets to move below the league's second luxury tax apron.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Lincoln one-cent coin could be scrapped, with Trump ordering the Treasury Department and U.S. Mint to stop producing the coins.—
Russ Wiles,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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If this sounds familiar, that’s because a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series was originally plotted at Paramount+ in January 2023, before ultimately being scrapped in May of the following year.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ahead of spring, Wayfair discounted the Keter Manor outdoor storage shed by 50 percent.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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New research, however, has shed light on the astounding variety of ways that a white dwarf star can explode, capturing almost 4,000 of these events scattered across the distant universe.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Why voters rejected Bidenomics President Biden and a Democratic Congress took power in 2021 with a bold plan to propel the nation out of the pandemic, revitalize American industry and bolster the working class.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Hamas has accused Israel of dragging its feet on allowing aid into Gaza, one of the conditions of the first phase of the agreement, a charge Israel has rejected as untrue.—
James Mackenzie, Emily Rose,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Eighty-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eighty-six. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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