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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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In another development, researchers in the US developed a new method that could turn discarded data center hardware into a reliable, eco-friendly source of rare earths and valuable metals.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But especially especially Bea, who got dumped from the island.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
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In order to standardize their modeling, over the last couple of decades climate scientists developed a suite of projections for how much CO2 would get dumped into the atmosphere via fossil fuel use.—
Adam Frank,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Continue reading … MISSED SIGNALS — Bunnie Xo dropped cryptic lyrics, ditched her ring before Jelly Roll divorce news broke.—
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FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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The pursuit continued into Los Angeles before the suspect ditched the vehicle at a downtown drive-thru and ran away from officers, police said.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Following the news that Major League Baseball stated that members of the San Francisco Giants violated the league's rules by writing Bible verses on their pride hats, Dan Dakich unloaded on the league.—
Ryan Morik OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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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
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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Republicans in Congress were refusing to pass an immigration enforcement spending bill until the administration either scrapped the fund or placed limitations on it.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Verb
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But the day of the shoot — there was a biscuit rig on the car, and the gentleman working the biscuit rig did a test run and lost control of the car.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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South Africa and Czechia both lost their opening matches in the FIFA World Cup.—
Amna Subhan,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
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“Junked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junked. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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