dustbin

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Recent Examples of dustbin Others, like a tablet controller or glasses-free stereoscopic 3D, are rightly remembered as half-baked gimmicks that belong in the dustbin of game industry history. ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025 Hence, maintenance is as easy as emptying the dustbin and rinsing off the reusable filter between uses. Maggie Horton, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024 Its five-layer filtration system can trap up to 99.99 percent of germs and allergens for more efficiency, and its HEPA filter, dustbin, and roller brush are all removable and washable. Clara McMahon, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025 To which some will reply that Tether and bitcoin are poised to throw the dollar into history’s proverbial dustbin. John Tamny, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dustbin
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Noun
  • The series follows a team of collectors in search of antique items found in junkyards, old barns and more.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • At Melancholy, one of Salt Lake City's newest wine bars, patrons can enjoy their sips surrounded by antiques and junkyard discoveries that tell their own stories.
    Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In 2022, lawmakers implemented Senate Bill 1383, which initially mandated the diversion of 50% of all food and organic waste away from landfills, but increased to 75% on Jan. 1, 2025.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Over the years, multiple locations have been suspected as the source of the stench, particularly the landfill and the city’s wastewater treatment plant along James P. Snell Drive off U.S. 441.
    James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.
    Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.
    Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 15 June 2017

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