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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
Ellen M. Considine, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Down in the pit, on a raw October night in 1966, one of the giant haulers was unloading its tonnage when the pistons of its dump bed seized up.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 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
Open burning occurs both intentionally and unintentionally, the latter when open dump sites containing organic waste spontaneously combust due to heat generated as the waste degrades.
—Ellen M. Considine, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Down in the pit, on a raw October night in 1966, one of the giant haulers was unloading its tonnage when the pistons of its dump bed seized up.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Verb
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Several students testified that Anthony was repeatedly asked to leave the Memorial High School tent before the confrontation escalated.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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That would leave the US emergency oil reserve with the least amount of oil since the early 1980s, when the economy was smaller and consumed less energy.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Instead, when the lorries arrived with more beer, the Scots hopped aboard and helped unload the kegs themselves.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Down in the pit, on a raw October night in 1966, one of the giant haulers was unloading its tonnage when the pistons of its dump bed seized up.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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With the right source and process for amines, carbon-capture material could be entirely produced from the flood of plastics going into landfills.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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On April 9, the EPA announced proposals to amend federal regulations focused on the disposal of coal ash in landfills and surface impoundments, according to the agency.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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Built in the late 1940s and early ’50s during the nascent days of the aerospace boom in the San Fernando Valley, the industrial warehouse had more recently been home to a company that manufactured neon signs.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2026
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The Department of Homeland Security is now considering whether to transform commercial warehouses throughout the United States into detention centers, so there might soon be additional naming opportunities.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Noun
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In a memo released Thursday morning, Levine Cava did not mention the fuel depot mess in announcing the immediate departures of Morales and Webb.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Platner is navigating this mess with a notably shallow reserve of goodwill, even among his backers on the left.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Soriano mostly ditched his four-seam fastball late in the outing and tried to rely on his splitter and knuckle-curve.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
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City birds ditch nature Male bowerbirds do not help raise young.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Once the inside of the glass is duly coated with crème de violette, invert entirely to discard excess.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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But because neither company can be certain the other will hold the line – and because being left behind is not a good option – the rational choice is to discard safety measures.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
4 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 10 Jun. 2026.
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