How to Use wastage in a Sentence

wastage

noun
  • Of course wastage is par for the course in a public programme.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Lunches and dinners are served à la carte to reduce food wastage.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Make small batches to mitigate the risk of spoilage and wastage.
    — Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
  • There are strange changes that take place, not just the kind of muscle wastage and the molecular side of things.
    — Anne Easton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The soil absorbs the water without wastage and runoff, so the plant can utilize every drop.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • This results in the wastage of doses, even when there are people waiting to take the jab elsewhere.
    — Ratheesh Raveendran, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Check faucets, pipes and toilets for leaks regularly to prevent wastage and costly water bills.
    — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • And that's a very efficient way to approach shaping biscuits because there are no offcuts and there's no wastage.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The project aims to be efficient in its energy use and minimize energy wastage.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Traxler said wastage is still a concern, but the state has likely crossed the threshold from supply to demand being the biggest problem.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The client can also decide when to play the advertisement and how many times to play it, which minimises the wastage of money spent on ads.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 11 Nov. 2019
  • With a lot of last-mile delivery apps, food is quickly accessible, but tech hasn’t yet solved the excess wastage issue yet.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Each month, a report came out detailing production figures, wastage and complaints.
    — Ihor Yurchenko, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Made from quality raw materials, this was made with minimal wastage.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 20 Apr. 2021
  • But while food is an essential part of Super Bowl celebrations, food wastage doesn’t have to be.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • As a result, strict laws regarding food expiration usage result in large-scale wastage.
    — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • And the wastage of experienced operators such as Lysakovsky might help to explain that skill erosion.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • To be clear, wastage is normal and to be expected during any vaccination campaign, but it can be minimized.
    — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The idea for both new tools is to reduce the amount of money advertisers spend targeting the wrong people—known in the ad industry as wastage.
    — Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 12 June 2017
  • Water wastage is very difficult to monitor at the domestic level.
    — Niyati Seth, Quartz, 8 June 2022
  • In general, the global health body said, it is recommended to keep all vaccine wastage to below 1 percent.
    — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • They’re designed to release the water slowly for thorough watering without wastage, and can be almost hidden in the soil.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
  • In a moderate shift, Traxler said wastage of doses has become less concerning than getting more people to get doses.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021
  • What if this wastage was taking place, not in postcolonial peripheries, but in the very heart of the Western financial system?
    — Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Trovador instead plants rooted saplings one by one, reducing wastage and targeting micro-niches where survival is more likely.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Waste reduction is at the heart of one-size swimwear brand Hunza G, with zero deadstock fabric or wastage created in the process.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Flood irrigation has been used in the area for millennia, though FAO has warned of massive water wastage.
    — Philip Issa, Fox News, 5 July 2018
  • But if the current isn’t evenly distributed, this can lead to uneven coating, which causes nickel wastage and thicker-than-needed layers.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
  • So, circularity will not only reduce resource wastage but also slow down the inevitable threat of climate change and global warming.
    — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • Having a solid formula means less water wastage, less packaging, and less of a carbon footprint required to transport the product.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 2022

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