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dustbin

noun

Definition of dustbin

as in junkyard

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Recent Examples of dustbin Strong suction and a rolling brush effectively scoop up dirt, crumbs, and debris from the floors before returning to the base to empty into the 3-liter dustbin. — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026 And CDs are in the dustbin of history. — Marc Silver, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026 Daniel Moeller Fotografie Wired headphones were supposed to be confined to the dustbin of audio history. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026 High Pa numbers are useful, but what’s also important is the roller that picks up dirt from the floor or agitates the carpet, so the suction can whoosh that dirt into the robot’s dustbin. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dustbin

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A couple of years ago, the three members of mary in the junkyard flew to New York City from London with no plan other than to play for whoever would have them.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026
Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of junkyard

Noun

Residents of Val Verde, a tiny town north of Los Angeles, claim Downtown LA Law Group used a cowboy recruiter to find plaintiffs for a lawsuit about a local landfill.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Once derided as 'Garbage Island’ because of its overflowing landfills, Taiwan has reinvented itself into a global model for green tourism.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of landfill

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The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

Definition of midden

Noun

Yet Evil Dead Burn barely gives you that adrenaline-rush dump.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
Orchard Street, which jogs awkwardly around the one-time dump at Gowen Road, in particular needs to change, according to both Ada County Highway District and Boise city reports.

— Mark Dee July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

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