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dumping

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  1. The sale of goods of one nation in the markets of a second nation at less than the price charged within the first nation. Dumping can eliminate competitors by undercutting their prices.

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It's a vintage mystery - who is dumping dozens of sauvignon blanc bottles in the lanes between two pictureseque villages?

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

When they are dumping the same asset, it becomes a buyer’s market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Private-credit funds have been slashing their income payouts and dumping assets to cash out investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

As a result, certain forests have effectively become dumping grounds for rescued animals and are no longer appropriate release sites.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

I filled it with water and began picking up the dying fish from the mud puddles, putting them in the can, and dumping them in the creek.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

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