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
Of all the offal, this one's perhaps the easiest to stomach (apologies for the awful pun).
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Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 16 May 2024
Their red heads are featherless, which prevents offal from fouling head feathers.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
Like other offal meats, the texture softens and becomes more tender after cooking.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
An estimated 200,000 tons a year of waste -- grease, blood, offal and other such biosolids -- from food processing plants in Arkansas was spread as fertilizer on Missouri pastures and farms, according to Missouri state figures.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 14 July 2024
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Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 16 May 2024
Their red heads are featherless, which prevents offal from fouling head feathers.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
Like other offal meats, the texture softens and becomes more tender after cooking.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
An estimated 200,000 tons a year of waste -- grease, blood, offal and other such biosolids -- from food processing plants in Arkansas was spread as fertilizer on Missouri pastures and farms, according to Missouri state figures.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 14 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offal
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During another sale, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle was placed in a garbage bag and sold in the middle of the afternoon in the Bronx.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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In Dolton, residents can’t even be sure their garbage will be collected.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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There is a small chance that the area around the Eaton fire could get rainfall rates that could run the risk of concerning mudslides and debris flow, according to Schoenfeld.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Dive teams have recovered 55 of the 67 crash victims from the debris in the Potomac River, officials said.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Environmental groups have urged Levine Cava to abandon the incinerator plan in favor of waste reduction, but the mayor had previously said other options endangered the county trash system’s ability to keep up with planned growth.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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The people that live in the shadows of New York’s 27 landfills desperately need reform to alleviate the high volume of trash flowing into their communities.—
Ryan Castalia,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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View 6 Images Unlike cats, our vision is pretty rubbish in very low light conditions.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2025
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On the evening of January 14, a woman was arrested after allegedly setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash on fire, Jim McDonnell, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said at a news conference last week.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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One of the other major ratings agencies, Moody’s, did not change its assessment of the city after the budget passed, keeping its rating at Baa3+, one notch above junk.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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Digital junk piles up faster than clutter in real life.—
Kim Komando,
Fox News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Higgins, who sponsored the resolution to produce the composting report, hopes to introduce legislation in February that would fix the zoning problems and allow composting on farmland not hooked up to sewage.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
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The sewage system in question in the Saitama prefecture is about 42 years old.—
Yumi Asada, Chris Lau and Minori Konishi,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Allergies and Asthma Allergies and allergic asthma symptoms occur when the immune system overreacts to environmental triggers, such as pollen, dust, or pet dander.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
30 Jan. 2025
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Everything was covered in a thick layer of yellow and orange-tinted dust, drivers and passengers included.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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