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as in left
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 discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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Recent Examples of dumped
Smaller ski resorts around the state were made to trust Mother Nature’s timing more than ever, stretching out their operating days as far as possible with the snow dumped by sporadic storms.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The premiere episode features an enticing premise, where Josh gets dumped for sleeping too long post-hibernation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Mamdani said the storm that hit New York City that day dumped 2 inches of rain in less than an hour.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Aichner dumped Eddie Edwards to the floor.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Investigators found that the Chevrolet stopped in the road several blocks away and Jordan Frost dumped the contents of Ferrier’s backpack while Janaya Frost ran to get inside the vehicle.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
The excavator dumped bucketfuls of what had been reëxamined, to no avail, into a pile on the street, kicking up dust.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
South Korean equities dropped late last week after foreign investors dumped roughly $13 billion worth of local stocks, triggering sharp swings in the benchmark index.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Some are dumped carelessly back into local waters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The premiere episode features an enticing premise, where Josh gets dumped for sleeping too long post-hibernation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Mamdani said the storm that hit New York City that day dumped 2 inches of rain in less than an hour.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Aichner dumped Eddie Edwards to the floor.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Investigators found that the Chevrolet stopped in the road several blocks away and Jordan Frost dumped the contents of Ferrier’s backpack while Janaya Frost ran to get inside the vehicle.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
The excavator dumped bucketfuls of what had been reëxamined, to no avail, into a pile on the street, kicking up dust.
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
South Korean equities dropped late last week after foreign investors dumped roughly $13 billion worth of local stocks, triggering sharp swings in the benchmark index.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Some are dumped carelessly back into local waters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumped
Verb
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Some of the visceral mechanisms that gave it life have to be discarded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Interestingly, the blowing agent is derived from oyster shells discarded by the seafood industry, and the magnesium and calcium are sourced as natural byproducts of seawater desalination.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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At the 2023 Genesis Invitational, Rai ditched his own practice regimen to watch his idol, Tiger Woods, play in the pro-am, not caring what others would think about the choice.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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John Travolta ditched basic black-tie rules.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The New Corolla, an oil tanker that traveled through the Strait of Hormuz before heading to California, recently unloaded its cargo in Long Beach.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Nicole TungA Burmese dockworker sorting different fish species after a catch from a Thai vessel was unloaded in Ranong, Thailand, in January 2025.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Because it’s used so often and by so many different people, the word has lost a lot of its meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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But Day lost it in an enormous upset in 2024.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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“Dumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumped. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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