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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
Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Robinson used her own account to order a Lyft for her mother to dump Good's body, Pope said.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
In a new Instagram dump, the 50-year-old actress stunned in a series of photos, featuring her in a white button-down collared shirt and big black sunglasses.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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Verb
To help prevent the spread, the DEC reminds water recreationists to clean mud, plants and animals off boats of fishing gear, only use certified bait, and not to dump aquarium contents or unused bait in water or sewers.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Robinson used her own account to order a Lyft for her mother to dump Good's body, Pope said.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
Making quickbreads is by and large a stir-and-dump proposition.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
In a new Instagram dump, the 50-year-old actress stunned in a series of photos, featuring her in a white button-down collared shirt and big black sunglasses.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dump
Verb
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People leaving Los Angeles and California are raising the cost of living in some red states after years of relocating from the left-leaning state.—
Lindsay Kornick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Panish said Grossman then struck the two older boys at nearly 73 mph, sending Mark 252 feet down the road and leaving a Mercedes grille pattern on his body.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Usyk dropped Verhoeven with roughly 20 seconds left in the 11th, Verhoeven beat the count, and when action resumed Usyk unloaded a flurry.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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None of the frenzied intensity that typically accompanies the signal that the NASCAR garage is open, allowing teams to unload their cars and begin preparations for that day’s on-track activity.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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Eco effort The hotel is marching along a path to zero-landfill waste, helped in part by reductions in single-use plastics and paper materials, plus a swift recycling program.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The pioneering project at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is working to create environmentally friendly alternatives to concrete and epoxy while also reducing the waste going into landfills.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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The Patriot Rail’s Cowlitz County and Columbia Railway warehouse and locomotive repair shop building, where the fire originated, was a total loss.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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That goal might be folding clothes or moving a box from one location to another in a warehouse, for example.—
Rishabh Chanana,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Perhaps you got stuck in the mess last week when rush hour traffic was snarled by a tractor-trailer that got stuck on the concrete barrier at the intersection of Stanwix Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard.—
John Shumway,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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If dishes have been scraped properly before loading, the cycle can usually handle the mess without issue.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Others are equally clear, such as getting immigration under control, allowing free speech and ditching the teaching of distortions of history.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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That's obviously been ditched, and now turned up to like not even 11, like a 20 on the amp.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
Verb
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That creature cruelly draining and discarding the aged?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 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 2 Jun. 2026.
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