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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
Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Broken skybridge Elsewhere across the Southeast Asian megacity, glitzy glass-and-steel buildings home to expensive real estate swayed and groaned when the quake hit, showering dust onto the ground.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Deep Clean Fan Blades Use a vacuum fitted with a soft brush attachment for dusting to gently vacuum the fan blades, working from the top of the fan downward.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Mendez recommends using a damp cloth or microfiber cloth to avoid stirring up dust.
—Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Broken skybridge Elsewhere across the Southeast Asian megacity, glitzy glass-and-steel buildings home to expensive real estate swayed and groaned when the quake hit, showering dust onto the ground.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
The Premier League — it might be done and dusted, at both ends.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Deep Clean Fan Blades Use a vacuum fitted with a soft brush attachment for dusting to gently vacuum the fan blades, working from the top of the fan downward.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust
Noun
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Inspectors found old food debris accumulated on the back of the meat slicer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Winds can be powerful enough to jostle cars, topple power lines and litter debris on the ground.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Soggy Soil Slow-draining soil presents a host of problems for tomato plants.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
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Weed treatment can leave behind bare patches of soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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One dines on such sophisticated and opulent appetizers as smoked salmon ravioli (a special on a recent night, $10), which were fat puffs of pasta stuffed with salmon and seasonings.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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You can get smoked salmon, rainbow trout, or Atlantic salmon.—
Ronny Maye,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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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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The wild card will be where President Trump and key MAGA influencers land.—
Stef W. Kight,
Axios,
10 Apr. 2025
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Until recently, the ancestors of insects were thought to be more millipede-like and evolved once invertebrates began to live on land.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Play defense straight up and Bueckers will bury them.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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The structure is made of opus reticulatum—bricks laid in a diamond pattern—and contains a volcanic rock called tuff: details suggesting high status individuals were buried here, as Artnet News’ Richard Whiddington reports.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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And should the show return to the fertile grounds of Italy in season 4, all three hotel groups have plenty to offer in Amalfi, Rome, Florence, Milan and beyond.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Developers are planning to break ground later this year on a 237-unit apartment building in Deerfield Beach, bringing activity to a mostly vacant lot whose southern tip is home to a two-story office building on the northwest corner of Federal Highway and Northwest Second Street.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Dust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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