dump
verb (used with object)
to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly.
have dumped
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present perfectof dump.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Still, the reversal for the chip sector could suggest an unwinding of one of the most crowded AI trades, as investors have dumped software stocks in recent months to buy into AI infrastructure names.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
But they wouldn’t have dumped the transport, banking, and insurance stocks that defined the stock market in its earliest decades.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Investors in recent days have dumped assets in the lead-up to key tests for whether the artificial-intelligence boom and economic growth that powered stocks to successive records in 2025 will continue into the new year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Fly-tippers have dumped a mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
He reached up for the hatch and was driven down once more by a wave coming through which must have dumped at least fifteen gallons of new water in the boat.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
