Examples of dumpster in a Sentence
Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
In the 1980s, a trove of rare shells—some of which had been collected on a famed 18th-century voyager’s doomed final expedition—was tossed in a dumpster at Newcastle University in England during an office cleanout.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Video evidence recovered by authorities showed Sterns discarding items in a dumpster at the Kissimmee apartment complex at 7:35 a.m. on Monday February 26.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
Liebling said her hope is that each Loved Before toy will be looked after and passed down for decades instead of ending up in a dumpster.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Bones in a dumpster Authorities tried to track down Christy to question him about Bradley’s disappearance.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
And Boettcher’s boots were not thrown in a dumpster but recovered from Cantu’s car, Cantu and his attorney claim.
—Ed Lavandera, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Dogs also smelled traces of human remains on the carpet, which police recovered from a dumpster, according to Spencer.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
The next morning, an unhoused man found a human torso stuffed inside a duffel bag in a dumpster in an Encino parking lot near Ventura Boulevard and Rubio Avenue, about five miles from Haskell’s home, police said.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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Word History
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)
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Dumpster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumpster. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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