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1
as in garbage
discarded or useless material
he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain
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as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth
can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck "art"?
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Recent Examples of dreck
That tension between the public and the personal, between the dreck and the art, is the spine of the film.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
Worse still, the product the league put on the field for its Super Wildcard Weekend was pure dreck.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
There was 25 minutes of great stuff, but it was surrounded by an additional 2 hours of dreck.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 29 May 2024
This moody psychological horror film is more than just an apology for the dreck that was the second Exorcist movie.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
Worse still, the product the league put on the field for its Super Wildcard Weekend was pure dreck.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
There was 25 minutes of great stuff, but it was surrounded by an additional 2 hours of dreck.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 29 May 2024
This moody psychological horror film is more than just an apology for the dreck that was the second Exorcist movie.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreck
Noun
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Crews wearing hazmat suits shoveled mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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This inspection was on Friday, Feb. 7 —that’s 22 days after the meat should have met the garbage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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Implement Organizing Products Since most junk drawer items are small, organizers help keep categories in place.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2025
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Between the lines: Ticketmaster and other ticket sellers have often found themselves in hot water for inflated pricing, botched ticket releases and junk fees.—
Paige Hopkins,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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After Blue Ghost lands on the moon, the instruments will operate for more than two weeks to collect data primarily on the moon’s subsurface, such as lunar dust and regolith, the loose rocks and mineral fragments that cover the lunar surface.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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What to watch: With the dust still settling on America's new normal, Congress soon will move to codify vast swaths of Trump's agenda.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Boaters, scouts, civic organizations, environmental groups, businesses and individual volunteers are encouraged to help clean up the St. Johns River by removing trash and debris.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2025
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The city has also canceled trash and bulky items pickup for Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of the snowfall.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Feb. 2025
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View 6 Images Unlike cats, our vision is pretty rubbish in very low light conditions.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2025
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On the evening of January 14, a woman was arrested after allegedly setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash on fire, Jim McDonnell, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said at a news conference last week.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreck. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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