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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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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
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
The film is a cinematic expansion of my reporting on the legacy of DDT and toxic waste dumping off the coast of Southern California.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026
There’s a dump cake that comes together with three ingredients, a poke cake built for a crowd, and a cobbler made for two with lavender rubbed right into the sugar.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
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Verb
Right now, about 2 billion tons of fly ash are trapped in storage ponds and dump sites across the nation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
The film is a cinematic expansion of my reporting on the legacy of DDT and toxic waste dumping off the coast of Southern California.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Noun
Rather than reflecting an actual vote dump, the snapshots captured incomplete moments in a rapidly updating results feed.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026
There’s a dump cake that comes together with three ingredients, a poke cake built for a crowd, and a cobbler made for two with lavender rubbed right into the sugar.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dump
Verb
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But even with a magnificent performance from an inspired goalkeeper, there’s no way that this result should have happened, even with Luis de la Fuente’s decision to leave Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams on the bench.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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By leaving the floor immediately, Wembanyama gave critics an easy target and allowed the story to become about his temperament rather than the Knicks' championship celebration.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Now that games are almost here, and FIFA has already made the bulk of its group stage money, the organization must figure out how to unload the rest of its unsold inventory so as to limit the number of empty seats.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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The key, the educators agreed, was to avoid getting into an argument or letting this AI critic unload all her fears uninterrupted.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
Noun
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New York’s landfills are filling up, and the Assembly has once again failed to find solutions.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
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The solution sits in America’s coal landfills.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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The sprinklers reportedly were not operating when firefighters made entry into the warehouse, according to ABC7.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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For inventory clerks, on the other hand, computers replaced their most expert skill set—their encyclopedic knowledge of a warehouse’s physical inventory—leaving them to perform more basic tasks such as scanning items and restocking shelves.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Trim overhanging limbs and relocate furniture to avoid popular bird perches that drop messes onto your patio.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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Three people are dead and she, a completely innocent party in this whole mess, is left holding the check.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
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While the world has stopped for some passionate soccer fans — who’ve likely ditched business meetings to board planes and cheer on their team — servers and cooks plod on at restaurants in the surrounding area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Fulda all but ditches his ambitious partner Chaton (Vincent Dedienne), in order to team up with Stéphane to get to the bottom of the endless pig-slaughter, and to put paid to the local superstition that Brun’s ghost may be the culprit.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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With a mission statement that champions the customer, the economy and the environment, a single Melia Ann garment replaces two pieces that would have otherwise been produced, shipped and eventually discarded.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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If the infant has no symptoms and officials do not need the product, it should be discarded or returned.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
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The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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There, like a knight in a castle armory, you will be agog at the choices.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
9 May 2026
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“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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