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as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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as in to unload
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
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as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
a daring raid on the ammunition dump
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as in mess
a dirty or messy place
his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over
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Recent Examples of dump
Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
On summer weekends, Smorgasburg drops food vendors across Brooklyn and Manhattan — basically a feed dump waiting to happen.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Last month, the company dumped another $45 million into its campaign account.
—Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Noun
Carlos Correa was shipped off as part of a salary dump.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
On summer weekends, Smorgasburg drops food vendors across Brooklyn and Manhattan — basically a feed dump waiting to happen.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dump
Verb
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Connecticut is a part of a deregulated regional electrical grid, and Nicola noted that electricity is bought and sold on the open market, leaving the risks of building new plants to private companies.—
Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Making Democrats disappear The DeSantis scheme would give Republicans 24 of Florida’s 28 seats in Congress, leaving the Democrats with just four.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Tuesday’s hearing came as The New Corolla, the last oil tanker to come through the Strait and sail to California since the war began, unloaded its cargo in Long Beach.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Bastien, 26, was a ramp agent for Spirit and helped load and unload luggage on Spirit planes at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Still, the week’s focus on Ushuaia’s municipal landfill had locals defending the location and the region.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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In September 2025, the chain filed for a permit to make $750,000 worth of improvements to a Boise warehouse, tacking on another 10,000 square feet of space to the 30,000-square-foot building.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2026
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This will be the 15th year EDC has taken place in Las Vegas, and the 29th year overall (the festival began as a warehouse concert in Los Angeles).—
Carly Sauvageau,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Congress is going to have to address the mess created by not enforcing past immigration laws.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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This compounds the mess inherent to cooking with a young child, who, turns out, is apt to get as much flour on the floor as inside the bowl.—
Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2026
Verb
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During last night's show, Kimmel called out fans for not reacting to Colbert's cancellation by ditching their subscriptions to Paramount Plus.—
Mandalit del Barco,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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Saint Louis dropped its men's and women's teams April 27, Illinois State cut the men's side April 28 and North Dakota ditched both April 30.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Rather than discarding the residual sludge left behind after conventional anaerobic digestion, the system subjects it to an additional treatment stage known as Advanced Wet Oxidation and Steam Explosion (AWOEx).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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These are the remnants of clothes discarded in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and elsewhere that arrive in the northern Indian city of Panipat by the truckload, spilling over in loose, overflowing heaps.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Where Vuong grew up in New England, the idea of the future was narrowed into very few paths forward, mainly joining the military, being an employee at the Samuel Colt armory, or working at a nail salon.—
Sarah Moroz,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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The Islamic Republic of Iran took the lives of two men convicted of trying to storm a military facility and access an armory in January, the Mizan news outlet of Iran's judiciary indicated on Sunday, according to Reuters.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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