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as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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2
as in to unload
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
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as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
a daring raid on the ammunition dump
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as in mess
a dirty or messy place
his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over
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Recent Examples of dump
Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of taking the dog to the vet herself, Bunting gave the dog to her boyfriend, who purportedly hit the dog with his car, dumped it in a lake, and took Bunting out to a nice dinner with the cash she was given for the task.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
That would be her and Haley Lu Richardson starring in Ponies, the new Cold War series on Peacock that just aired all its episodes in a binge dump about a week ago.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Thompson fled, dumped the gun in a creek, and then went to a friend's house to take a nap, court records say.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of taking the dog to the vet herself, Bunting gave the dog to her boyfriend, who purportedly hit the dog with his car, dumped it in a lake, and took Bunting out to a nice dinner with the cash she was given for the task.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
The easy dump-and-bake recipe is one of the best to emerge from Trader Joe’s fanbase.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
That would be her and Haley Lu Richardson starring in Ponies, the new Cold War series on Peacock that just aired all its episodes in a binge dump about a week ago.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
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Such vague commands, the court said, leave agents guessing how to respond during fast-moving protest situations and expose them to possible contempt sanctions.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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The auction house leaves behind its more cloistered Madison Avenue home for airy galleries in an 80-foot glass atrium, as well as an opulent neoclassical rotunda in the historic Steinway Hall.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a key demonstration, the humanoid autonomously unloaded and reloaded a dishwasher across an entire kitchen without resets or human input.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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But the billionaire class does not seem to be deterred by slightly off-piste locations in the era of private jets and motor courts — 80 Clarkson has one, of course, with intricate metalwork, so drivers needn’t unload on the street, and there’s also a waiting room for them.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
27 Jan. 2026
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On the West Coast, San Francisco and Los Angeles are diverting about 80% of their waste away from landfills.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Lisa’s fate was ignominious—thousands of unsold units were literally buried in a Utah landfill, an almost comical end for such a historically significant machine.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The World Food Program said in an earlier statement that its warehouse was demolished by Somali authorities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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In January, Walmart said customers will soon be able to use Google's artificial intelligence assistant Gemini to more easily discover and buy products from the retail giant and its warehouse club, Sam's Club.—
Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ideally, provide a range of low-mess snacks that can easily be eaten during gameplay, or take dedicated food breaks throughout the game so your game tiles don’t get covered with food.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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Republicans are publicly calling for the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and privately freaking out that her Minnesota mess will doom their chances of holding Congress in the 2026 midterms.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Margot Robbie has ditched the hot pink Barbie Land in favor of the windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, and her hair has too!—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2026
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No one questions when men do what Jaime did, ditching their families (in this case, MVP Megan Mullaly as her well-mannered mom, Layanne, and Jeff Perry as her more oblivious dad) to go off and make a career for themselves.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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So are discarded fishing nets and all sorts of mesh that can stop a drone from hitting its target.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Trim and discard any tough portions of the bulb, then halve, remove and discard the core.—
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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What all this boils down to is that even a laser weapon that's already shooting down hostile drones is streets away from one that's officially part of the armory.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2026
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Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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