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to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we'll have to junk this old car
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Recent Examples of junked
Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
So Squeri junked the scoreboard.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Sets would be built and then junked only to be rebuilt again at considerable cost due to an overall lack of familiarity with standard Hollywood filmmaking procedures.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The lot was filled with junked cars, equipment and garbage, the report shows.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
Note that this result doesn’t necessarily mean that the fraud detection should be junked.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
So Squeri junked the scoreboard.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Sets would be built and then junked only to be rebuilt again at considerable cost due to an overall lack of familiarity with standard Hollywood filmmaking procedures.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junked
Adjective
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Few sights are as heart-wrenching as a neglected animal in need.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Those plans were later abandoned during the pandemic and the house joined Denver’s neglected and derelict building list in 2024.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Not because Wyck is a Root repeat, but because the actor has spent four decades playing men who are overlooked, discarded, and possibly clinically depressed.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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Iranian leaders, having twice been attacked while diplomacy was underway, will be deeply reluctant to make concessions that can be banked by Washington and then discarded.—
Ali Vaez,
Time,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Erin’s outer bands dumped several inches of rain across Puerto Rico, while Turks and Caicos was under a tropical storm warning.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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The company canceled an electric three-row SUV, postponed its next-generation F-150 Lightning and E-Transit until 2028, and dumped a project to develop a more advanced electrical architecture.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Details of the incident remain sketchy, including whether the Apache ditched due to a mechanical failure or hostile action.—
David Szondy
June 09,
New Atlas,
9 June 2026
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Bringing nature to central Indiana Homes that have ditched the grass lawn in favor of bushy native ecosystems can be found in central Indiana from the heart of Fountain Square to Westfield.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Then Marte unloaded with a three-run homer — his first of the 2026 campaign — to create distance on the scoreboard.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026
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As the morning progressed and shady areas under trees and saplings were taken, mothers unloaded their babies from cars, carting bags upon bags of gear for their children, who donned swimsuits.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2026
Verb
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An earlier plan to retain part of the school building facade as the redevelopment design was scrapped, but the contractors plan to salvage key historic artifacts such as the tower bell.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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President Cyril Ramaphosa then scrapped licensing requirements for private power generation.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The boy’s family and county leaders are renewing their plea for witnesses to come forward, saying justice for a child lost to senseless street violence is long overdue.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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An entire swath of Nuggets fans was lost forever.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
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“Junked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junked. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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