compost

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Recent Examples of compost These discoveries suggest that the area’s Indigenous farmers may have dumped their household waste and the remnants of fires onto their fields, using them as compost. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025 Nightlife: Is the teahouse the future of nightlife in L.A.? Spa: This California spa buries you up to your head in compost. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 Do not add to the compost pile because the seeds can live in the soil for up to 20 years. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025 Copy Facebook Pinterest Photo by Alanna Hale When travelers at Bali’s Desa Potato Head order cups of coffee brewed from the island’s famed beans, the leftover grounds don’t go in the trash—or even the compost. Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for compost
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Noun
  • Extra landscape and grading work, upgraded crossings at Broadway and Lincoln Street, and the incorporation of artwork by Colorado artists will make up the remainder of costs, said Danielle Oliveto, Polis’ deputy chief of staff and the office’s lead on the project.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
  • Its biggest revamp in years is credited to the incorporation of AI. —Amazon goes back to basics.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Smart credentials streamline access across devices, applications and locations, providing seamless integration. 5.
    Bojan Šimić, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Its Apple Intelligence campaign hints at awareness of the obvious integration points.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • It’s made from ethylene vinyl acetate (sometimes called EVA), which is a plush foam material that molds to the shape of your foot over time, providing support, comfort, and shock absorption in the process.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • But curiosity also connects to absorption and sensation seeking.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • As businesses held their breath for the arrival of 2025, there was a striking decline in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.
    Matt Kunkel, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • In the late 1990s, the bank underwent a major realignment after Citicorp’s merger with Travelers which created Citigroup.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • And everywhere, the result is the same: homogenization.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Naturally, intangibles would be part of the company's actual worth., including brand and intellectual property, certification and homogenization, relationships with dealers and distribution, presence in the market, possibility of a resurgence given funding.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It is always stacked full of containers with concretions from different sites.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Love boasts no inherent magic by which these differences may be neatly expunged; each one must be resolved, or left open, in the total concretion of experience.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Brush butter mixture over tops of rolls and sprinkle with parsley.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
  • Once the mixture is combined, add peanut butter and continue to mix until combined.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The propellant packed inside the booster is also different, using a mix that Northrop packs inside its commercial rocket motors instead of the recipe used for the space shuttle.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
  • Lined with 19th-century Victorian buildings that now house a distinctive mix of independent shops, restaurants, and galleries, Colorado Avenue (locally known as Main Street) is the heart of the town.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025

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“Compost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compost. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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