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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Is the measurement and dumping of spices into a dish even five percent of the overall challenge?
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Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
Unregulated dumping, wire burning, and the lack of safety equipment don’t meet Western environmental and labor standards.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The alleged dumping took place at the company’s Carson refinery, which is expected to close late next year.
—Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Reusing human waste to fertilize farmland, a practice that dates back centuries, keeps the waste from needing other ways of disposing it, such as incineration or landfill dumping, both of which have their own environmental risks.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025
Unregulated dumping, wire burning, and the lack of safety equipment don’t meet Western environmental and labor standards.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
The alleged dumping took place at the company’s Carson refinery, which is expected to close late next year.
—Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Reusing human waste to fertilize farmland, a practice that dates back centuries, keeps the waste from needing other ways of disposing it, such as incineration or landfill dumping, both of which have their own environmental risks.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Dumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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