1.
You can refer to a large number of objects that someone has with them or that are connected with a particular activity as ~.
...a large courtyard full of builders’ ~...
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you disapprove of the things and events that are involved in a particular system or activity, and you think they are unnecessary, you can refer to them as ~.
The public don’t necessarily want the ~ of a full hearing.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n disapproval