compost

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Recent Examples of compost Evaluate the existing soil for composition and choose one of three options for fill material: sand, a topsoil and compost mix, or a sand, topsoil, and compost mix. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 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 Made from plant oil, the PU is biodegradable in soil, compost and marine environments. Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 5 June 2026 Keep some things out: Certain garden waste should go in the landscape waste, not the compost. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for compost
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compost
Noun
  • What changed along the way was the gradual incorporation of genre elements.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • The incorporation documents for HAL9001 were signed by the venture capitalist Roman Sobachevskiy.
    Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • This 3-in-1 set uses the nutribullet Ultra Motor Base to power personal blending, food processing, and coffee and spice grinding, delivering full-kitchen functionality within one space-saving design.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • At 97 points, this confirms what 25 years of careful maturation and master blending can achieve.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • An in-app commerce integration with Swiggy, enabling food ordering without exiting a live stream, debuted during IPL matches.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • To support that goal, Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems plans to establish a facility in Germany for final assembly, integration, and testing.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • That eight-step process analyses balls according to eight criteria, including circumference, water absorption, rebound height, shape and size retention, and sphericity (a measurement of roundness).
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • The best ones pull me into a state of total absorption, back to the way reading felt in childhood.
    Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The ominous buzzing of phones, the commingling of accomplishment and humiliation, the sudden pathos of cheap glass awards, the rage at their now-former CEO’s $11 million paycheck… David Frankel’s film knew exactly which buttons to push in our particular audience.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Last month, Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty of 25 House ethics violations, including acceptance of improper campaign contributions and commingling of campaign and personal funds.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There is no intermingling and no visitors, aside from medical staff, said Michael Wadman, the medical director of National Quarantine Unit.
    Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Why was this intermingling of play and war interesting to you in the first place?
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Some of those bankers (and their lawyers) likely found their way to Madison Square Garden, where the price for mingling with celebrities courtside flew above $100,000 on secondary markets.
    Max Chafkin, Bloomberg, 12 June 2026
  • The space is laid out with small tables in enough proximity to encourage mingling.
    Mark DeJoy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • If the Paramount merger doesn’t kibosh the whole project, Variety says production could begin as early as the middle of 2027, as Cooper is committed to work on a new Ocean’s film.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • That’s in addition to its investigation of potential anticompetitive issues under standard merger rules with a July 7 deadline.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 June 2026

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“Compost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compost. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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