dross

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Recent Examples of dross Amongst all the dross and angst, Neil and Teddy try to talk everyone into investing in a baseball-card trading venture that might generate $500 in profits after a year. Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025 But among the dross there gleam a few brilliant exceptions—deceptive, slippery books that defy the constraints of region and genre. Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 The chipmaker is still raising cash and cutting costs though, as there seems to be quite a bit of dross. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025 Could the cotton dross, for instance, enhance a food product’s nutritional profile? Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 After the dross of Bruno Lage, and the chaos of Lopetegui, Gary O'Neil came in and created unity. Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 Back in the Lage dross years, that's when. Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 Mixed in with the everyday dross are a few sparkly flecks of strangeness, curious anomalies that might be clues to a larger mystery. Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024 Those, plus the endless Chinese dross, truly burned investors. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dross
Noun
  • The Bureau of Rodent Control has been increasing collaboration with the Bureau of Sanitation to replace faulty garbage carts, which rats can exploit to obtain more food.
    William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Another item that is often forgotten is garbage bags for collecting waste along the way, especially when passing through remote areas without public bins.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • This could include dead plants, piles of leaves, stones, or other debris.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
  • The debris collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • North Korea has responded to previous balloon campaigns with fiery rhetoric and other shows of anger, and last year the country launched its own balloons across the border, dumping rubbish on various South Korean sites, including the presidential compound.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • They were were found beneath a pile of rubbish heaped just inside her front door, according to a police report released Wednesday.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Infected debris should be disposed of in the trash, never added to the compost pile.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
  • Leftover Paint If there are half-empty cans of leftover paint sitting on your garage shelves, avoid throwing them in the trash.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Her memories — of swap meet stalls, junk drawers and family hustle — form the scaffolding of the exhibit and current events its backdrop.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
  • Minimize junk in the trunk: Reducing any vehicle’s weight is the easiest way to boost its efficiency.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s because adult birds need water for drinking and bathing (though some birds do take dust baths!).
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
  • The risk of ingesting lead is only heightened by their habit of putting their hands in their mouths and crawling on the floor, where lead dust can accumulate.
    Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday that 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
  • For 21 months, Israeli armed forces have been bombing Gaza into a landscape of rubble and buried corpses—a massively disproportionate retaliation for the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed over 1,200 Israelis.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025

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“Dross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dross. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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