as in removal
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
the dumping of last year's fashions by the garment manufacturers
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1
as in leaving
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 unloading
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 dumping
Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Played with shambolic brilliance by Gary Oldman, Lamb oversees a team at Slough House, a shabby off-site dumping ground for disgraced and rejected agents.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
To them, Belly’s brotherly ménage à trois and altar-dumping story is interesting, sure, but no more selfish and reckless than Celine, for instance, who sleeps with married men as a hobby.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Late August and early September can become a bit of a dumping ground at your local multiplex.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Played with shambolic brilliance by Gary Oldman, Lamb oversees a team at Slough House, a shabby off-site dumping ground for disgraced and rejected agents.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
In his own words, Naso reportedly described luring a woman through a modeling ad, driving her home, killing her and dumping her body under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
To them, Belly’s brotherly ménage à trois and altar-dumping story is interesting, sure, but no more selfish and reckless than Celine, for instance, who sleeps with married men as a hobby.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumping
Noun
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While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With Brown's impending court date set for later this month, Republicans are calling for the removal of Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who lawmakers argue didn't hold Brown accountable for his past alleged crimes.—
Tierra Cunningham,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The world might end up ruled by large technology companies that impose their solutions throughout entire continents, leaving little space for homegrown creativity.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many travelers like to take that whole week off, leaving the weekend before Christmas.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Glabe’s sales follow those of board member Eric Swider, who has also sharply reduced his holdings, unloading around 165,000 shares since November.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Dockworkers were unloading shipping containers from another vessel that was berthed at Pier G before the incident, with truck drivers moving containers to and from the terminal.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Defensive coordinator Chris Ash figured the wealth of pass rushers at his disposal could get to Carson Beck with just four defenders.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Trombone developed a depth-perception system for explosive ordnance disposal robots while completing his electronics engineering technology degree at the University of Arkansas, Grantham, according to a US Air Force release published on September 2.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With more and more people ditching larger sizes, the store has had to be reset multiple times.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Give and Take All the new iPhones use eSIM worldwide, ditching physical SIM cards for good.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The reason for the debris is not that people are discarding the cookies but, rather, the way they’re sold.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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These layers are then reorganized into tensor networks, which retain the most important patterns in the layer’s weights while discarding redundant information that isn’t contributing much to overall performance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Despite spending the whole three-hour awards show telling people that their overlong speeches were losing the Boys & Girls Club of America money, the bit was a ruse.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Resilience, in the simplest terms, is the ability to recover from challenges, adapt to change and keep moving forward without losing your core sense of purpose.—
Raquel Gomes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Dumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumping. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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