As anyone who has lived in New York longer than a few weeks knows, the past is easily discarded in this city.

Or, perhaps, merely keep it in abeyance, to be discarded easily if it were ever necessary for the good of the King's House.

Her family name had been Brown, a commonplace easily discarded for the more mysterious Peruge.

They say the white landowners see history as a commodity, easily discarded.

But Spanglish cannot be easily discarded by a network groping for credibility.

The Broncos will not be easily discarded.

Something easily discarded and forgotten, not even worth the space of a snapshot on his desk.

His shorts and shirt were easily discarded, as were his shoes.

The excess random chemicals are left untouched and can be easily discarded.

We've got the label, and the label is not easily discarded.