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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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Mountains of garbage are said to be visible from space and people have complained of seeing rats as big as cats in the refuse.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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But also, increasingly, in marine food chains and immense garbage patches in the oceans.—
Nina Agrawal,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Other hot zones to hone in on: your junk drawer, your coffee-mug collection, and toy bins in your kid’s room.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
2 Apr. 2025
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The pictures depict a squalid living space, with junk strewn across furniture and floors throughout the home.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Inhaled silica dust particles travel down airways and into the smallest spaces of the lung, causing scarring and eventually difficulty breathing, often becoming so severe that a lung transplant might be the only solution to avoid death.—
Dr. Mark Abdelmalek,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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County adds new dust control rules The county will now require contractors to have cameras with live feeds at developments over 100 acres, have equipment follow a haul path within the development and submit weekly reports of dust control measures.—
Victoria Villanueva-Marquez,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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From a free boat ride in the Florida Keys that targets the trash in treasured waters, to hotels with sustainability at their core, to thrilling eco-friendly experiences, make your trip to Florida both fun and impactful.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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In those instances, give your extra set of hands a straightforward task, like taking out the trash or clearing the table.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
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The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Dreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreck. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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