alluviums

variants or alluvia
plural of alluvium

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Noun
  • The Simi Valley Landfill & Recycling Center has taken by far the biggest share of the fire detritus, receiving an average of 1,228 truckloads a day last week and a total of 636,000 tons of debris since the cleanup started.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • There are two metal tables with red chairs arrayed around them, and a scaffold sculpture of East Village detritus is up left forming a Christmas tree.
    Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Alluviums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alluviums. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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