as in garbage
discarded or useless material
the front lawn was littered with the raffle that the roofers had left behind
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Recent Examples of raffle
Each participant will receive some prizes to take home and some grand prizes from a raffle to win a new bike helmet.
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Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The Big Band Bash Gala will be held Feb. 7 with raffles and music.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
The giant raffle wheel stood before a crowd buzzing with anticipation.
—David Andreatta, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
This year’s event featured exciting new enhancements, including a raffle redesigned to offer only designer purses, increasing the number of luxury handbags available to win.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The Big Band Bash Gala will be held Feb. 7 with raffles and music.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
The giant raffle wheel stood before a crowd buzzing with anticipation.
—David Andreatta, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
This year’s event featured exciting new enhancements, including a raffle redesigned to offer only designer purses, increasing the number of luxury handbags available to win.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raffle
Noun
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People will be painting, planting trees, spreading mulch and cleaning up garbage starting at 9 a.m.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Other videos on social media show people picking up food scraps from the garbage.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even if the garage door is open, don't start a vehicle if the garage is attached to a home. Furnace and fireplaces: Keep fireplaces clean and in good condition, make sure no debris is blocking the vents or chimney.—
Sara Moniuszko,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Residents who live near local landfills say the wildfire debris should be sent to hazardous waste landfills instead.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As cream always rises to the top, this truck is one outstanding machine.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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By reframing warehousing as a space of innovation, where robots and optimization replace forklifts and trucks, the industry can attract a new generation of talent.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Inspectors put two coolers at a Miami 7-Eleven on the Do Not Use list and the trash was the new home for bacon, cheeseburgers, milk, Jamaican meat patties and other food in one of those coolers.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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When the Denver City Council approved the new trash collection program in 2022, one of the selling points was a doubling of recycling collection frequency from every other week to weekly.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2025
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By embracing these principles, leaders can not only protect themselves against the noise of junk trends but also create environments where thoughtful decision-making thrives.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Last spring, space junk from the International Space Station crashed into a home in Florida.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But — and here’s the punchline most of you already saw coming — despite the many things that have happened since May 2022, Manchester United are rubbish.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Seven-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Billions of these stars over billions of years have choked the Milky Way with dust, filling it with opaque clouds, blocking our sight line and limiting our view.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Raffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raffle. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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