garbage truck
noun
US
: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans
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According to the Global Fashion Agenda, that is the equivalent of a garbage truck full of clothing being incinerated or sent to a landfill every second.
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
An initial investigation determined that the victim, described only as a man, was covered in blankets and lying in a driveway just off Shamrock Drive when the driver of a Peterbilt garbage truck hit him.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
One photo showed a nearby garbage truck.
—Greg Wehner , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
One person has been killed in an early morning crash involving a garbage truck on Westwood Northern Boulevard in Westwood.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
An initial investigation determined that the victim, described only as a man, was covered in blankets and lying in a driveway just off Shamrock Drive when the driver of a Peterbilt garbage truck hit him.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
One photo showed a nearby garbage truck.
—Greg Wehner , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
One person has been killed in an early morning crash involving a garbage truck on Westwood Northern Boulevard in Westwood.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for garbage truck
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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