DUMPINGS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

dumpings

noun

plural of dumping

as in removals

the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless the dumping of last year's fashions by the garment manufacturers

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Recent Examples of dumpings Those two, plus Sean and Beatriz, have been the only non-Casa dumpings of the season. — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 3 July 2026 Hosted by Ariana Madix, the reality show follows a group of young singles searching for love, with new bombshell arrivals and sudden dumpings from the Fiji villa keeping the hopefuls on their toes. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026 Though the case has drawn attention because of Delvey's notoriety, all three women maintain that such rabbit dumpings happen all the time. — Tabitha Parent, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025

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The rates of in-absentia removals for immigrants without lawyers in Baltimore, for example, has increased from 54% in January to 73% in June, according to the group Mobile Pathways, which analyzes immigration court data.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry laws and regulations, as well as Philadelphia’s Board of Education, also require accurate inventory records and periodic updates of asset locations, additions, transfers and disposals.

— Kathryn Blackman, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
There may also be some disposals — again, part of Lewis’s winning formula at Tesco over six years.

— Ian King, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

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