as in junkyard
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Recent Examples of dustbin
The dustbin, however, is on the smaller side at 0.1-gallon.
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Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
Its base station can wash, dry, remove or reattach the mop pads as needed, and empty the robot's dustbin.
—Andrew Gebhart, PCMAG, 11 Jan. 2025
Plus, the operation is fairly quiet and the self-cleaning mop and dustbin features limit maintenance on your part.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
It is now lost to the dustbin of history as a clear civil rights violation.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
Its base station can wash, dry, remove or reattach the mop pads as needed, and empty the robot's dustbin.
—Andrew Gebhart, PCMAG, 11 Jan. 2025
Plus, the operation is fairly quiet and the self-cleaning mop and dustbin features limit maintenance on your part.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
It is now lost to the dustbin of history as a clear civil rights violation.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustbin
Noun
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The team tracked the call to a junkyard, and Maggie and Scola were able to pull Analis from a trunk before the car was crunched in a compactor.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
18 Feb. 2025
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But for some of those who were hit hardest by the disaster, such as Lara’s junkyard business that was among roughly a dozen merchants operating under the freeway — recovery has been much slower.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This season, however, the priority is food donation and compost to eliminate anything from back of house ending up in the landfill.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Residents who live near local landfills say the wildfire debris should be sent to hazardous waste landfills instead.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
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“Dustbin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustbin. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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