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
Enjoy a chicken dinner, car show, grand raffle and more.
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
Grace Church will host a fireworks viewing and celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. July 3 with live music, food trucks, bounce houses, face painting and a free raffle at 1602 S. El Camino Real.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
There will be a costume contest, raffle prizes and a surprise at the end of the crawl.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
The staff with the most points has a better chance of winning raffle prizes and other rewards.
—Margaret-Ann Cole, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
Grace Church will host a fireworks viewing and celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. July 3 with live music, food trucks, bounce houses, face painting and a free raffle at 1602 S. El Camino Real.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
There will be a costume contest, raffle prizes and a surprise at the end of the crawl.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
The staff with the most points has a better chance of winning raffle prizes and other rewards.
—Margaret-Ann Cole, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raffle
Noun
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New York City has already begun working with neighborhood groups and activating organizations who sign up to be notified before a big rain to clean debris like falling leaves and garbage from the sewer drains in their community.—
Amy Chester,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Check garbage collection schedules in Ohio Ohio's bigger cities won't see garbage trucks on Labor Day.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Aug. 2025
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On the morning of Aug. 13, a three-person city crew equipped with a skid steer, a dump truck, shovels and rakes was making its way up North 19th Street, picking up pile after pile of debris sitting outside homes.—
Alison Dirr,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That said, while a bit of debris escaped after powering down, the vacuum still delivered from start to finish.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The potential witness told investigators that Castillo came to her door with the grapes and that Geter-Pataky was in a pick-up truck and waved to her.—
Dave Altimari,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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As the truck was coming to a stop, a passenger in the front seat got out and ran from the vehicle, which stopped a short distance later.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Aug. 2025
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More than 200 tons of trash have already been taken out of downtown San Diego, officials said.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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In the meantime, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu indicated that, as the strike continues, her city’s code enforcement staff will be forwarding civil violations for failure to dispose of growing piles of trash to Republic Services directly.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
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The practice doesn’t work: Virtually every major medical association denounces it as junk science.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Limiting the number of satellites could prevent space junk, protect the satellites already in orbit and allow everyone to have a clear view of the night sky.—
Tony Milligan,
Space.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The new law also applies to vehicles used to transport garbage, rubbish, trash or debris.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
30 July 2025
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When the house was done being used, ancient people cut a hole through the floor and dug the pit, then filled it with domestic rubbish.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
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The Hubble observations show that 3I/ATLAS' nucleus is shrouded by a coma made from small particles of dust that have been lifted off the interstellar comet's surface.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This unit is used to measure the fine particulate matter in the air, such as smoke, dust, soot or dirt.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Raffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raffle. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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