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How to use the word disposable in a Sentence?

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It is a real drain on disposable income [ and ] it ends up acting as a depressant on consumer confidence, there is a definite erosion factor.

Sam Stovall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Are we rewarding China ? Are we rewarding United States citizens because they're going to buy these goods no matter what and we're taking more disposable income out of their hands.

United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For the people who saved some of that money to backstop their spending, life is probably still pretty good, but for people who live paycheck-to-paycheck, that decline in real disposable income... that's much more distressing than economists and policymakers realize.

Erik Lundh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Eliminating the disposable cup.

Michael Kobori

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're testing an incentive on the personal cup to go up from where it is today — from 10 cents to 50 cents, we are also going to be testing a disposable cup fee.

Amelia Landers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we look at minorities in America or in England, most of them are first - or second-generation immigrants, so they don't have as much disposable income as their White counterparts.

Benjamin Alexander

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If your parents ski, almost certainly, you will ski, if we look at minorities in America or in England, most of them are first - or second-generation immigrants, so they don't have as much disposable income as their White counterparts.

Benjamin Alexander

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The fact that they switched him out of general care to the athletic program as if they [ athletes ] were sort of disposable people says a lot about how the institution thought about how to deal with the problem person : they value athletics as institution, but the people who participate in athletics and make some money are disposable.

Jon Vaughn

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s a major implosion for [ Caesars ] financially, and the PR is terrible, they hired more staff at their restaurants, put more dealers on their casino tables. You’ve got people with disposable income coming to Las Vegas, and this huge machine is reliant on you showing up.

Scott Roeben

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We chose to go on strike to express the essential nature of our work and demonstrate that we are not disposable workers, we're really optimistic that by making workers' voices heard by leadership that we're going to be able to make some solid change in our workplace culture.

Onah Rongstad

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She was talking about humans as if they were disposable, for the purpose of sex, i was just furious. And I was fed up. I did not spot the red flags, but I did react very negatively. The fact that she was speaking about human beings in this horrible way was very offensive to me. But again, I thought she was discussing consensual adults here.

Ghislaine Maxwell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The impact of COVID-19 is big and is long, citizens are heavily indebted because of their home and car loans and that has resulted in a decline in disposable income.

Zhang Qidi

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

When people have more disposable income, they may buy art or trading cards, more of our lives are moving into the digital space so this is a natural extension of that.

Trevor Levine

Found on CNN
2 years ago

From the start, we knew our vision of evolved environmentalism was broader than just shoes, as the chasm between disposable fast fashion and utilitarian basics has grown the fashion industry has clung to the same outdated methods that continue to drive excessive carbon emissions, soil depletion and synthetic waste... Allbirds apparel not only feels better, performs better and looks better, it's also better for the planet.

Allbirds T-shirts

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That is another way in which we see the government abusing medical power, medical ethics, and seeing certain populations as more disposable.

Natalia Molina

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Kids have shifted dramatically to the menthol and disposable e-cigarettes left on the market under the Trump Administration's policy, the evidence couldn't be clearer : As long as any flavored e-cigarettes are left on the market, kids will get their hands on them and we will not solve this crisis.

Matthew Myers

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Hope has always been an option for me... because of my relationship with God and something bigger than me. If I'm the only one controlling my destiny of course it's going to be, like, I am going to drive it into the ground, my hope is that something bigger than me created me for a purpose and created me for a reason, and that I'm not disposable, and that, you know, every person that's been created has a purpose.

Amy Sussman/FilmMagic

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think leagues and franchise owners will show greater appreciation for their fans, with more affordable tickets, lower-priced concessions, free or discounted parking, more free giveaways and special promotions, fan Appreciation Day will become Fan Appreciation Season. The economic repercussions of this pandemic could last quite a while, and fans with less disposable income mustn't be ignored.

Bob Dorfman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You know what you need to donate to political campaigns?Disposable income, the way we fix it this is we take Martin Luther Kingsmessage of a guaranteed minimum income, a freedom dividend of $ 1,000 a month for all Americans -- Id guarantee if we had a freedom dividend... I would not be the only candidate of color on this stage tonight.

Cory Booker

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I would sit back and start feeling like we're doing it when I see Loop pop up unconsciously, i would feel we really got there where it's a common question of, 'Hey, would you like that in disposable or durable?'.

Packaging DigestWhile Szaky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Many people were kind of surprised that this would be the first [ country ] that we went to but it's a huge opportunity, it's clear the younger consumer with higher disposable income is paying for experiences much more than they are for products today — that's what we see in the Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal and we're seeing many of the same signals in India.

Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Single use plastics are a major problem, as such items( cups, straws, plates) are disposed of. They either litter drains and roads, or wind up in dumpsites -- or worse, are put on fire, kerala is the first state in Katy WongDelhi , India that has banned one-time disposable products in the entire state. Maharashtra, too, recently banned multi-layered packaging, and disposable products. Katy WongDelhi , India still has a long way to curb the issue of single-use plastics.

Swati Singh

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Paired with the abuse we know transgender people regularly suffer in ICE detention, the death of Ms. Hernández sends the message that transgender people are disposable and do not deserve dignity, safety, or even life.

Isa Noyola

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I guess Jared is a fine man, you know that, but men are, you know, disposable. But a fine woman like Ivanka Trump ? Come on.

Rudy Giuliani

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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