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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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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
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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
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Astronomers believe ice connected to small dust grains is where most of the water in the universe can be found — and is likely where the water that created Earth’s oceans originated. SPHEREx will be able to create a map of the sky through different wavelengths of infrared light.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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For example, biomedical scientists and clinicians trained by NIH grants are addressing locally relevant issues such as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung disease, which occurs when coal dust is inhaled.—
Mitzi Nagarkatti,
The Conversation,
7 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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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
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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreck. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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