compost

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Recent Examples of compost The Lake Forest City Council voted unanimously March 16 to approve construction of a new tower and a corresponding ground lease at the city’s compost center, 1381 Kennedy Road. Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 This means opting for slow-release fertilizers and organic matter, such as compost, rather than using fast-release synthetic fertilizers. ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026 Another way to naturally enrich soil is spreading compost. Matt Alderton, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 This may involve adding organic matter such as compost, aged manure, or peat moss. Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for compost
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Noun
  • Building is a timepiece In the face of unfolding plans for demolition and redevelopment, preservationists fighting for the building’s survival view one of the structure’s greatest attributes being the physical incorporation of Timex’s identity as the iconic watchmaker into the main floor.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Following its corporate incorporation into Mercedes-Benz, AMG decided to create a boutique internal studio that would focus on more extreme performance vehicles.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In response, the government plans to increase the blending of fuel with ethanol, from the current 5% to 20% ethanol blending.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Gasoline futures are known as RBOB, or reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Johnson's state of Louisiana is home to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, in New Orleans, where much of SLS is constructed before being shipped to KSC for vehicle integration and launch.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In these campaigns, stakes can feel high, timelines are often short, and seamless integration is critical.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As if that wasn’t enough, declining kidney function also affects your body’s ability to activate vitamin D internally—and low vitamin D also hurts your calcium levels, since the vitamin mediates calcium absorption.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 27 Mar. 2026
  • When on street patrol, the horses will wear thick rubber versions of metal horseshoes for better traction and shock absorption.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee amended the bill to include language from House Bill 1141, which would make commingling of a committee with personal funds up to $50,000 a Class A misdemeanor.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This sacred commingling—a dialectical materialism, really—gave us our pale blue dot.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • English and Spanish collide Understanding reggaeton requires understanding the intermingling of cultures and languages that Panama experienced over a relatively short period of time.
    Brendan Frizzell, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
  • As these styles continue to grow, there’s more elevated options in dark denim shades, low-rises, and sporty iterations that look like the perfect intermingling of track pants and jeans.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The law must be strengthened further to ensure that, in the future, gross negligence, reckless storage of remains and even improper co-mingling of remains can be criminally charged from the onset, and carry real sentences with the potential for actual jail time.
    Vaughan Bagley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The oversized Oluce pendants are calibrated to feel right whether everyone’s seated—or mingling.
    Kerry Pieri, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The merger comes at a difficult time for food companies.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The leaders of the Senate committee that oversees the FCC are questioning how the agency gave approval to the Nexstar–Tegna transaction, the massive broadcast station merger that already has been paused by a federal court.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Compost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compost. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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