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also drek
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as in garbage
discarded or useless material
he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain
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as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth
can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck "art"?
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Recent Examples of dreck
Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
And, man, there’s a lot of dreck.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
As with any high-volume enterprise, there was lots of forgettable dreck, but the Stanford’s series is the cream of the crop — curated by British film critic and writer David Thomson, who now lives in the Bay Area.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Told in flashback, the film traces the progress of producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) from B-movie dreck to A-list Oscar winners to box office flops.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
And, man, there’s a lot of dreck.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
As with any high-volume enterprise, there was lots of forgettable dreck, but the Stanford’s series is the cream of the crop — curated by British film critic and writer David Thomson, who now lives in the Bay Area.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Told in flashback, the film traces the progress of producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) from B-movie dreck to A-list Oscar winners to box office flops.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreck
Noun
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Every campsite has a bear-resistant food locker, and visitors are being reminded to store food, garbage and other attractants properly.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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While the Doral incinerator used to burn about half of the county’s daily trash supply, Miami-Dade is now using trucks and trains to send its garbage to landfills across Florida.—
Douglas Hanks
June 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Doremus Avenue and the warehouses and tank farms and truck lots and junk yards along it are not far from the Passaic River.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The bad news is that the Zhuque-2E’s breakup is the latest chapter in China’s growing contribution to the space junk problem.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
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Additional footage appeared to show debris floating in the aftermath of the strike.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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And an apartment building and a fitness center in the capital were also damaged by falling debris, TASS reported.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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The event features unlimited pepperoni and cheese pizza, smashed burger sliders, crispy chicken bites, garlic butter pretzel sticks, fries and fruit, and winners can win free Dave & Buster's gameplay for a year.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Some people are still be able to consume dairy products from these animals, including milk, cheese and butter.—
Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Fans from around the world have brought their own traditions to the tournament, from Norway supporters performing a Viking row in perfect unison in the stands in Boston to Japanese fans in Dallas cleaning up stadium trash after matches.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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Throwing devices in the trash claimed another 9%.—
Eric Williams,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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So where does the rubbish come from?—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
31 May 2026
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The discovery is so surprising because even though AGNs are rich with gas and dust — the building blocks of planets — the turbulent conditions within the disks wouldn't generally be considered ideal for forming planets.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 June 2026
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Otherwise the food may rot or the dust collection bag will grow mold, causing your vacuum to stink.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreck. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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