discarded item

collocation in English

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discard
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈskɑːd/us
/dɪˈskɑːrd/
in a card game, a card that you have got ...
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item
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.təm/us
/ˈaɪ.t̬əm/
something that is part of a list or group ...
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(Definition ofdiscardanditemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She races down the steps just in time, but her stepsisters recognize their discarded items and accuse her of stealing the sash and beads.
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Every day he brings discarded items from the city to his home and becomes more greedy and begins to forget about his daughters hearing aid.
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He witnessed an abundance of treasures thrown away every day and realized he could make a profit from these discarded items.
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Many travelers would salvage discarded items, picking up essentials or trading their lower quality items for better ones found along the road.
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Some profited by collecting discarded items and hauling them back to jumping off places and reselling them.
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The frame wing filled up with furniture, clothing and other discarded items.
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Angered by the apparent theft of their discarded items, the stepsisters destroy the gown.
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The crater subsequently became a dump for all manner of discarded items.
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The stores offered discarded items that were still in usable condition.
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House-elves are generally obedient, pliant, and obsequious; and when enslaved, wear discarded items like pillowcases and tea-towels.
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Marking the discarded items as infested can help prevent infesting new areas.
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The exterior and interior were an art installation made solely from discarded items.
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Amongst the discarded items were two dodos.
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Around this time, he spoke with one of the clients, who told him that she regularly fed her family with discarded items from the grocery store's garbage bins.
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Many travelers would salvage discarded items, picking up essentials or leaving behind their lower quality item when a better one was found abandoned along the road.
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