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Mayor Javier Lopez posted images of a dumpster area behind a vacant Rite Aid, appearing to show the site cleaned up.—Nina Burns, CBS News, 2 May 2026 The baby did not survive outside the womb and was disposed of in a dumpster, Cortney told investigators, while Rebecca passed away moments after being cut open and was pushed down an embankment and covered with leaves.—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 Items belonging to Limon, including a student ID and credit cards with his name on it, were found in the dumpster.—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 1 May 2026 The badly decomposed remains of a woman were found Wednesday evening in a dumpster near an Oakland freeway offramp, authorities said.—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dumpster
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Etymology
dump entry 1 + -ster (originally in the trademarked name Dempster Dumpster, applied to mechanically loaded refuse containers produced by the Dempster Brothers Company of Knoxville, Tennessee)