as in garbage
discarded or useless material
the front lawn was littered with the raffle that the roofers had left behind
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Recent Examples of raffle
The Midwest tradition of meat raffles is going vegan.
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Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
In addition, there will be more than 30 exhibitors and $15,000 in raffle prizes.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
The event features a chili-tasting contest, where participants vote for the best, along with music, a raffle, silent auction and a cash bar.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
In addition to raffle tickets, food and beverages will also be available for purchase that evening.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
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Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
In addition, there will be more than 30 exhibitors and $15,000 in raffle prizes.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
The event features a chili-tasting contest, where participants vote for the best, along with music, a raffle, silent auction and a cash bar.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
In addition to raffle tickets, food and beverages will also be available for purchase that evening.
—Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raffle
Noun
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Unlike a regular old garbage bag, these are leakproof and durable (and thus much harder for a squirrel to rip into, if given the chance).—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
22 Apr. 2025
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Four 20-pound bags of hamburger buns and sandwich breads got hit with Stop Sales, sending 80 pounds of bread into the garbage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The lot was activated because of the magnitude of storm debris that had to be removed from the basins.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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For those with patience to keep them free of debris and properly chlorinated (or, more realistically, the funds to hire someone), there’s probably just enough time to close on one of these homes before a mid-season heat wave.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ford also builds the truck at Ohio Assembly Plant near Avon Lake.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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And while this place offers solace from email pings and trash trucks, the kelp forest is anything but silent.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Because of their risk of catching fire, lithium-ion batteries cannot be thrown out in the trash, curbside bins, or even battery recycling boxes.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Fruit flies will also target places where food is disposed of, like your trash bins or drains.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As a result of these reentries, however, the amount of space junk burning up in the upper layers of the atmosphere is increasing, which worries some atmospheric scientists.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Among the debris were bricks, tins of paint, stones, and other assorted rubbish.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The effort has so far transformed more than 10 tons of flowers from would-be rubbish into fragrant souvenirs.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The optional speakers can run on battery power for up to eight hours (recharged via USB-C port), and are rated to IP54 dust and water resistance.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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By analyzing the colors and structures within the dust cocoons, scientists infer the composition, density and temperature of the gas and dust — crucial insights into the conditions necessary for stars to ignite. 5.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Raffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raffle. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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