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as in debris
discarded or useless material
the piles of dust that future archaeologists will sift through for insights into our civilization
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as in to smoke
to defeat by a large margin
the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
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Recent Examples of dust
Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
This dust produces a ring or shell around the two massive stars, which then begins drifting outward.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
Plus, as the second season closes, Eileen’s presence at the goodbye to Grace isn’t necessary to signal that Eva has picked herself up and dusted herself off.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
And with ash and dust from active fire zones and burn scars in the air, health officials are advising people to limit their time outdoors.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
This dust produces a ring or shell around the two massive stars, which then begins drifting outward.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
Remember the Patriots picking up Caleb and dusting him off because no o-linemen were there to help him up?
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
Plus, as the second season closes, Eileen’s presence at the goodbye to Grace isn’t necessary to signal that Eva has picked herself up and dusted herself off.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust
Noun
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Several carts loaded with household possessions travelled down a thoroughfare scattered with rubble and debris.—
Mohammed Salem,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Today, stove tops jut out of the sand, mixing with glass bottles and pieces of debris scattered by Hurricane Beryl in July of 2024.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Since the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1868, the answer to that question has been cemented in the American psyche: anyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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That would allow those troops to be used in civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil.—
Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The beachfront house stands tall amid piles of rubble, still smoking from the Palisades fire, in an iconic image splashed around the world by news outlets.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Radon — a radioactive gas found in some homes, particularly in the Midwest — is the leading cause of lung cancer in people who have never smoked.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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During another sale, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle was placed in a garbage bag and sold in the middle of the afternoon in the Bronx.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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In Dolton, residents can’t even be sure their garbage will be collected.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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The jury clearly believed that, with so much GOON violence going on, AIM activists likely would feel entitled to shoot first and ask questions later if any strangers appeared unannounced on their land.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Before Central Florida was known for its theme parks, the area served as mostly cattle ranching land and provided fertile ground for citrus groves.—
Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Jan. 2025
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And, buried in the comments, was one of Daly’s favorite restaurants.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
18 Jan. 2025
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She is buried in the Little Rock National Cemetery.—
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arkansasonline.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Environmental groups have urged Levine Cava to abandon the incinerator plan in favor of waste reduction, but the mayor had previously said other options endangered the county trash system’s ability to keep up with planned growth.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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The people that live in the shadows of New York’s 27 landfills desperately need reform to alleviate the high volume of trash flowing into their communities.—
Ryan Castalia,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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And there are skewers, as there have to be: One with Wagyu top sirloin marinated in pomegranate-ginger syrup, another with ground lamb and mint and another with springy chunks of king-trumpet mushrooms.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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For running in particular, the Apple Watch Series 10, the Galaxy Watch 7, and the Pixel Watch 3 all capture advanced form metrics like ground contact time, power, and vertical oscillation.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Dust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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