1
: the act of one that dumps
especially
: the selling of goods in quantity at below market price
2
: the practice of refusing emergency medical care to poor or uninsured patients or of referring them to another hospital without that hospital's consent
called also patient dumping
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Examples of dumping in a Sentence
laws that prohibit the dumping of toxic materials
the dumping of last year's fashions by the garment manufacturers
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In addition, the city of San Diego may charge dumping fees.
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Later, the specter of environmental pollution came into play, a natural hypothesis for the industrial town about an hour from Niagara Falls, where the Love Canal disaster, in which toxic-chemical dumping was discovered in the late 1970s to have harmed residents over decades, still looms large.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 July 2024
Residents plan to work together to prevent more dumping
Johnson, who inherited her childhood home at 1422 W. Burleigh Street when her parents died, juggles managing the property while also working 12-hour days as a psychiatric nurse.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
Movie Night rehashes Andrea’s dumping, prompting a Liv-Leah-Kaylor screaming match where Kaylor flinches and pleads to Leah to get her finger out of her face, when Leah gestures at the balcony.
—Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Later, the specter of environmental pollution came into play, a natural hypothesis for the industrial town about an hour from Niagara Falls, where the Love Canal disaster, in which toxic-chemical dumping was discovered in the late 1970s to have harmed residents over decades, still looms large.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 July 2024
Residents plan to work together to prevent more dumping
Johnson, who inherited her childhood home at 1422 W. Burleigh Street when her parents died, juggles managing the property while also working 12-hour days as a psychiatric nurse.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2024
Movie Night rehashes Andrea’s dumping, prompting a Liv-Leah-Kaylor screaming match where Kaylor flinches and pleads to Leah to get her finger out of her face, when Leah gestures at the balcony.
—Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Dumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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