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junk

[juhngk] / dʒʌŋk /


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One academic who immigrated to the United States said junk mail from the retailer helped convince her that she’d really become an American.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

The admin emails to which Microsoft sent those notifications tend to get slammed with junk from spammers, leading software developers to recommend ignoring those inboxes altogether.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

“It lets us build more dynamic, immersive experiences. In the cockpit of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, that now means Unreal Engine 5 delivers a more responsive, cinematic experience than ever before.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Credit to the Administration for proposing to junk these gratuitous regulations, as well as to limit the amount of money providers can spend on overhead at 5% of their costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

There was a catalog and some junk mail from credit card companies.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Atop chairs, tables, and an overstuffed sofa, black-and-white prints of junks on the Yangtze River competed for space with cancelled passports and half-century-old issues of Vogue and Collier’s.

From The New Yorker Apr. 11, 2017

Thousands more South Vietnamese took to sea in a motley group of boats, junks, rafts and sampans.

From US News Apr. 30, 2015

He junks that 71-line poem, deeming it a “work of the second intensity,” which is apparently some sort of Modernist insult that we should immediately bring back into common use.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2014

The Selden map is a reminder that Chinese traders sailing in junks navigated in Asian waters centuries before the Europeans came.

From Seattle Times Dec. 31, 2013

Big crooked-sailed junks with eyes painted on their prows so they could see where they were going.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

OpenAI unilaterally junked their three-month-old billion-dollar deal without warning.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

They have junked the mandatory element of it.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

A pile of junked cars, different scale radio telescopes and an unfinished freeway ramp to nowhere are all visible from that opening train shot.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 3, 2024

Piled on sidewalks, junked up against street curbs, and leaned against light poles, these unwieldy obstacles are a hazard for innocent citizens just trying to walk down the street.

From Washington Times Nov. 20, 2023

Ripples of heat rose from the junked cars, which were lined up in rows as far as Roy could see.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Second, having what Sunak calls an honest debate about the "consensus" means junking some government promises.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2023

Merlino said she was stunned the commissioners voted for junking the machines and returning to old-fashioned hand counts.

From Reuters Nov. 6, 2022

It should continue to work on the Communities feature so people can chat about things they’re interested in rather than junking up their followers’ timelines with stuff they won’t care about.

From The Verge Apr. 25, 2022

Van Dyck ponders junking this now-unwanted piece of aerodynamics.

From Seattle Times Jul. 30, 2018

She was taking the entire Garland value system and junking it!

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman




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