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
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Factories throughout the 19th and 20th centuries used the creek as a sewer and dumping ground.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Garcia-Aquino is accused of killing Oscar and dumping his body in Ventura County.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
With the original Toxic Avenger creator’s blessing, Macon Blair has brought the cult franchise back from its noxious cinematic dumping grounds.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Factories throughout the 19th and 20th centuries used the creek as a sewer and dumping ground.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
Eventually, restoration efforts began when President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Water Act of 1972, which prevented businesses from dumping in waterways.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Garcia-Aquino is accused of killing Oscar and dumping his body in Ventura County.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumping
Noun
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The fee, which would fully pay the contractual costs tied to Johns Disposal Service, would exclude condominiums and commercial properties who already pay for private trash removal services and are not covered by the city's collection service.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who evaded removal efforts and the Trail of Tears in the 19th century, still keep the tribe’s vibrant cultural traditions and language alive in Cherokee today.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ross and the unit's six other horses are responsible for helping the police handle crowd control, whether its amid the thousands stumbling through Lower Broadway or the rush of 65,000 fans entering or leaving Nissan Stadium for a Titans game.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Senate also passed, by wide margins, legislation already passed by the House that will remove the 6% sales tax from fuel sales and raise the fuel tax by 20 cents per gallon, leaving the price motorists pay at the pump about the same.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The compartment, which costs $3,500 extra, even features a retractable ramp to making loading and unloading a breeze.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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As someone who worked his way up from unloading trucks in the warehouse to eventually landing in the C-suite, McMillon embodies how staying dedicated to one employer can work wonders for aspiring leaders—in contrast to job-hopping in search of potential pay gains.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The reigning European champions were scattered in defence, prosaic and shallow in attack, despite the options at Renee Slegers’ disposal.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the day, police said the suspect was wearing a vest that looked like an explosive device, and a bomb disposal unit was called in.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hangers That Don’t Match Since her clients hire her to help create a clean, organized look, Tonia Tomlin of Sorted Out, a professional organizing company in Dallas, Texas, heads right for the closets and starts ditching all hangers that don’t match.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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Great for saving space and ditching questionable hotel mini toiletries.—
Julie Rousseau,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Divide plants into clumps with three to five vigorous shoots each, discarding any small, weak, or woody portions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the season, Boy Kavalier’s real intentions begin to take over Neverland Research Island after successfully securing the alien specimens that the USCSS Maginot had been researching in space, discarding his decade-long work on the hybrids.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Since then, eight Cup Final series have featured a Canadian team, with more than half of them — the Vancouver Canucks (1994, 2011), Calgary Flames (2004) and Oilers (2006, 2024) — losing in Game 7s.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ed is left alone on the farm after impulsively killing that brother (whose actual death might have been accidental) for breaking up the family unit and, the next year, losing Augusta to complications from a stroke.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Dumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumping. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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