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Recent Examples of deadwood Bit by bit, deadwood is decomposed, feeding new life along the way. Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 Forest fires clear away deadwood to promote new growth; decisive defeat in war creates space for societal transformations. Todd Pittinsky, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2024 The genus is known to feed on deadwood, dead leaves, leaf litter or lichens, according to Hoare. Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023 Only the White has the right balance of water, sediment, sandbars with backwaters, sheltering cottonwood forests and pool-forming deadwood to sustain themselves without hatchery help. Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for deadwood
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Noun
  • Chavez's action on that night left the crowd at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, showering the ring with debris.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • After 9/11, undocumented immigrants were tasked with cleaning up the debris of the World Trade Center, as Karla Cornejo Villavicencio showed in her book The Undocumented Americans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Wasps are also scavengers, and they can often be found flying around garbage bins looking for their next meal.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Folsom 4th of July garbage schedule For those living in Folsom, trash and waste pickup will continue as scheduled, according to the city’s website.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated July 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • North Korea has responded to previous balloon campaigns with fiery rhetoric and other shows of anger, and last year the country launched its own balloons across the border, dumping rubbish on various South Korean sites, including the presidential compound.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • They were were found beneath a pile of rubbish heaped just inside her front door, according to a police report released Wednesday.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • But despite the state’s best efforts to educate citizens on the importance of removing bird feeders, trash and food from yards, human-bear interactions continue to rise, showcasing a growing concern that bears are becoming less afraid of humans.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
  • The various entities funded bear-proof trash systems for people living in towns near the national parks and strung electric fences around tempting fruit orchards.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Every doctor who has pushed junk science on vulnerable kids should be held responsible.
    Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Who wouldn’t want content that’s relevant to their unique interests instead of a mess of irrelevant junk?
    Andrew Luttrell, Time, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • This more comprehensive rating offers the same water resistance, but now adds protection from dust and other small particles.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Then, at the end of each day, Bridges returns to his private quarters, relieves himself, and showers the dust and blood from his body.
    Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025

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“Deadwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadwood. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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