as in garbage
discarded or useless material
a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood
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Recent Examples of offal
Lobster three ways using meat, shells and offal demonstrates a tradition of letting nothing go to waste.
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Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Menudo is the ultimate peasant dish, made with the once undesired offal meat of a butchered animal.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
The processor explained that their business gives leftover legs and offal to multiple people, who use the parts for everything from fertilizer to chicken feed.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
These turn out to be the pickled skirt trimmed from a scallop — shellfish offal.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Menudo is the ultimate peasant dish, made with the once undesired offal meat of a butchered animal.
—Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
The processor explained that their business gives leftover legs and offal to multiple people, who use the parts for everything from fertilizer to chicken feed.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
These turn out to be the pickled skirt trimmed from a scallop — shellfish offal.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offal
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The Paragon was one of few splits reliable enough to navigate through the garbage with a semblance of grace, all while encouraging riders to throw little spins, ride switch, and pop off rock-hard pillows without too much concern for landing stability.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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The citizens of this country are not garbage for wanting to be able to afford groceries and a nice place to live.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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About 11 million years ago, an asteroid collided with Mars, sending plumes of debris beyond the planet’s atmosphere.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Vault toilets, trash and recycling services are available at the nearby El Capitan picnic area.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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On one recent morning, trash littered the steps leading down to the garden-level entrance, and a red Nike shoebox sat abandoned in a stone planter.Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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Johnson: There’s so much rubbish talked about this.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Collins was mortified; the conga player was rubbish.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Build crazy machines that work out of junk, and learn the underlying principles behind them.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Last month, Ortberg announced plans to lay off about 17,000 people and a stock sale to prevent the company’s credit rating from being cut to junk status.David Koenig, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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Chronic Chlorine Exposure Chronic low-dose chlorine exposure may occur with people who work with cleaning products, around pools, in water or sewage treatment facilities, or in some industries.Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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Benton's water and sewage department facilities were heavily damaged, and millions of gallons of sewage flowed into the Saline River.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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The Israeli army released a video showing blasts ripping through the village in the Marjayoun province, razing dozens of homes to dust.Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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If another dino-killing asteroid struck Earth tomorrow, its immediate impact would be the least of our worries; famine would multiply the death toll many times over as dust clouds deprived crops of sunlight.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Female dogs may be bred continuously without adequate recovery time between litters, putting them at risk of complications and diminishing their quality of life.Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Speaking of kicking, the detachable shelter keeps litter and pee inside—just in case your cat has a high stream.Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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