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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.
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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.
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Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The lot was filled with junked cars, equipment and garbage, the report shows.
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Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
Note that this result doesn’t necessarily mean that the fraud detection should be junked.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
So Squeri junked the scoreboard.
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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.
Verb
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Some people like to come back to fresh bedding, a tidy closet, and an empty hamper so that everything from the trip can be dumped or sorted right away.
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Workers were seen in recent days removing algae from the Reflecting Pool, and on Tuesday morning, crews dumped bottles of hydrogen peroxide into the water.
Adjective
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.
Verb
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Starmer ditched some of his predecessor’s more left-wing policies and apologized for antisemitism that an internal investigation concluded had been allowed to spread under Corbyn.
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Seminole commissioners are furious that Lynx wants to hike costs for its mass transit service — even after the county ditched most of its bus routes last January due to a lack of riders.
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On Tuesday, investors unloaded at least some of their holdings in these stocks.
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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.
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The 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate.
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Michael Loria and Joey Garrison Vice President JD Vance scrapped plans to travel to Switzerland for negotiations on Friday aimed at a final deal to end the war in Iran, a White House official confirmed late Thursday evening.
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Foundation board treasurer Mark Rahman, a volunteer with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Tri Valley who also lost a child to suicide, supports Alan's parents' mission to bring good from their grief.
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Having lost to Mexico in the tournament's opening game and then drawn with Czechia, South Africa came into this game at the foot of the table.
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“Junked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junked. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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