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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Individual traders and hedge funds have dumped bitcoin and other digital tokens to invest in artificial-intelligence stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Labour government recently proposed giving councils new powers to force fly-tippers to clean up waste they have dumped, and giving the Environment Agency police-style powers to investigate major waste sites.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
The stream below is shallow at this time of year; we can see the junk people have dumped into it, the worn- out tires, the broken bottles and rusty pieces of metal.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
