Synonyms
Examples for "waste"
Examples for "waste"
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In Europe alone we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
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More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.
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Examples of action that can be taken include: -Household food waste.
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Earlier this year China decided to stop taking any more foreign waste.
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The economic crisis is rooted in decades of state corruption and waste.
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Richard Burton Photo: Creative commons We think; therefore, we often talk rubbish.
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Some of the rubbish fell in the water just astern of us.
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He was out in the yard clearing up the brush-heaps and rubbish.
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Her sandaled feet lightly disturbed the rubbish on the floor; dust rose.
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Nets, barriers and rubbish-fishing vessels are likely to provide a temporary fix.
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This trash-talking African-American style has rubbed many Australians up the wrong way.
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Never mind if it is trash now; their tastes will insensibly alter.
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He saw mounds of dirt and trash that were in this street.
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Women now have the opportunity to sweep them into the trash heap.
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Dodsworth is not the only one rebutting Jobs' strange trash-talking of Android.
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It is probably among the junk in some of the back rooms.
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California has passed laws to ban junk-food and soda sales in schools.
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We drew alongside the junk and an Englishman appeared at the window.
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Contrast with this toilsome slowness the speed of the junk bound down-stream.
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They sold it for junk and took the train back to California.
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We absolutely refuse to be involved in the crisis in any way.
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The amendment would also allow parliament to refuse to accept any agreement.
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Veto powers Russia and China refuse to condemn Assad or support sanctions.
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It was a direct question, however, and he couldn't refuse to respond.
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I simply refuse to believe any of this is actually taking place.
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However, it does sometimes refuse entry to Iranian government officials and professionals.
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To speak of the sea is to refuse to speak of yourself.
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If they refuse help, they can no longer expect to receive benefits.
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But I hope you understand, you also have the right to refuse.
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In the UK, patients have the absolute right to refuse such treatment.
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Parzival: I refuse to answer any more questions until you start reciprocating.
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However, these beings refuse to have anything to do with Terran government.
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Have the confidence to refuse unusual requests for personal or financial information.
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And sometimes they come upon farmers who refuse to change their methods.
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You could simply say no - and refuse to accept the swag.
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But if they refuse they need to think carefully about the consequences.
