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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
By the numbers, Helene dumped upwards of 30 inches of rain across the region, resulting in 108 casualties, 73,000 affected homes, and $60 billion in damages for Western North Carolina alone.
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Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Local authorities were initially called to a Maverik gas station in Cedar City, roughly 215 miles from where Kirk was shot, after Utah state officials alerted police that alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, may have dumped evidence in a nearby trash can.
—Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Coach Joanne is dead set on turning things around this season despite having just been brutally dumped by her girlfriend and co-founder of the team.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Kacie McIntosh just gave a disturbing masterclass in gaslighting, since Patrick Suzuki doesn't even know he got dumped.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Inadvertently, Sandberg dumped a bucket of Gatorade on the glove of Cubs’ teammate Leon Durham.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In 2022, Vancouver dumped Jason Dickinson’s contract in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Callie, the hottest person at Seattle Grace, went through so much turmoil and humiliation in her relationships prior to that, including, but not limited to, being cheated on by her husband and being dumped by a newly out lesbian who couldn’t handle her being bisexual.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Just ask the Packers, who got dumped by the winless, hapless Browns last weekend.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Local authorities were initially called to a Maverik gas station in Cedar City, roughly 215 miles from where Kirk was shot, after Utah state officials alerted police that alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, may have dumped evidence in a nearby trash can.
—Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Coach Joanne is dead set on turning things around this season despite having just been brutally dumped by her girlfriend and co-founder of the team.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Kacie McIntosh just gave a disturbing masterclass in gaslighting, since Patrick Suzuki doesn't even know he got dumped.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Inadvertently, Sandberg dumped a bucket of Gatorade on the glove of Cubs’ teammate Leon Durham.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In 2022, Vancouver dumped Jason Dickinson’s contract in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Callie, the hottest person at Seattle Grace, went through so much turmoil and humiliation in her relationships prior to that, including, but not limited to, being cheated on by her husband and being dumped by a newly out lesbian who couldn’t handle her being bisexual.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Just ask the Packers, who got dumped by the winless, hapless Browns last weekend.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumped
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The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The aspects of Dalton’s theory that disagreed with reality were discarded, just as the aspects of Democritus’s ideas that didn’t align with reality were not kept as part of the theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Popular Aussie band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ditched Spotify in July to protest Ek’s investments in the military defense company Helsing, as did Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers have ditched that for a new cutter.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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How to donate Those participating in the event are asked to place working, unloaded guns in the trunk or the rear of the vehicle; no ammunition is accepted.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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For indoor storage, guns should be kept unloaded and locked in appropriate safes or lockboxes for handguns, with ammunition in a separate safe, the AAP recommends.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Since May 2020, at least 20 homes have been lost.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Data from the commission show from 2020 to 2023, consumers lost more than $110 million in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Dumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumped. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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