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verb

present tense third-person singular of shed

as in peels

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin

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as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change

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Just as my outfit choices become breezier in the soupy months of summer, my makeup routine sheds some layers, too. — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 30 June 2026 The analysis also sheds new light on the unusual nature of the disaster itself. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026 The bipartisan Colorado Polling Institute released a survey that sheds some more light on Melat Kiros win. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 2 July 2026 This finding sheds light on an understudied period of ecological history and hints at more environmental factors that could have driven the extinction of species over time. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 6 July 2026 In granting the President this unbridled authority, the Court upends its precedent, misconstrues our history, and sheds any pretense of judicial modesty. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2026 Through Jana’s personal story and her unique relationship with Robert Richardson, the film also sheds light on an important chapter of American cinema history. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 Comcast's shares rose, and Charter's also surged, sparking speculation of a potential merger between the cable giants, especially as Comcast sheds its entertainment division, which could ease regulatory hurdles. — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The study, led by scientists from Linköping University in Sweden, the University of Potsdam in Germany, and the Paul Drude Institute in Berlin, sheds light on a long-standing challenge in the development of organic photovoltaics (OPV). — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026

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His wife, Yusra Abu-Alhasab, peels back the curtain to tell her husband something in Arabic.

— Jenna Thompson June 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
This peels the macro noise off the 10-K, leaving behind a clean, company-specific dataset that background models can actually calculate.

— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026

Definition of discards

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The rocky beach is lined with beach chairs that can be rented, and there are several traditional taverns and snack shacks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Police said two Mozambican men were killed during violence in late May in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Western Cape, where more than 50 shacks in an informal settlement were burned.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

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Primarily, there are beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) courtesy of lipo hydroxy acid (LHA), a deep-penetrating chemical exfoliant that gently sloughs off old, dead cells to reveal brighter, fresher skin.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 11 June 2026
Their body care kit gets to the root of smooth skin with a trio of products including a pre-sluff bar that rids it of lotions and oils, a washable textured mitt that sloughs off dead cells and a eucalyptus-scented body lotion that loads it with hydration while making your bathroom smell like a spa.

— Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026

Definition of sloughs

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News 12 reported that the boy's body had been discovered at a waste collection center in Stamford, having been brought there by a truck that dumps trash and recyclables there.

— Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026

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