junkyard

Definition of junkyardnext

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Recent Examples of junkyard There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026 Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard. ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026 The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet. Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026 As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for junkyard
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Noun
  • There was one in New York's Hudson River, Massachusetts' Housatonic River, and there's also cleanups in Indiana along their PCB landfills.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Oakland residents may schedule free appointments to bring bulky items directly to the landfill at 2615 Davis Street in San Leandro.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 31 May 2026
  • Strong suction and a rolling brush effectively scoop up dirt, crumbs, and debris from the floors before returning to the base to empty into the 3-liter dustbin.
    Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
  • Now, researchers plan to extend their investigations to nearby early settlement sites to determine if Culasawani is a midden or muddle.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Schroder said the wood chips are used as a base material in Summit County's compost program, which is then sold and used to help offset costs at the dump.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • The proximity between the film’s commercial premiere and January’s Epstein file dump simply gives the impression of timeliness when, in fact, its subject matter is timeless.
    Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
  • Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024

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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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