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detritus

noun as in debris

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A study released by Pew Research in September showed people were exponentially more likely to get "news" from social media detritus than legitimate news outlets.

From Salon

Somewhere underneath the detritus was the town, buried and abandoned.

It is surrounded by a mess of rubble and pieces of metal, the detritus from bombed-out buildings nearby.

From BBC

Moses would struggle cleaning up the Chip Kelly detritus.

Stickers could also adhere to other ballots, ripping them during tabulation and creating detritus that jams the scanners.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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