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Recent Examples of dustbin
And does a particular level of disuse have to be reached for a word to be dropped into the lexical dustbin?
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Per the manufacturer’s recommendations, remove and wash out the dustbin.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
When you’re done, simply pop open the large dustbin and empty debris directly into the trash—no tugging out tangled hair or gunk required.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Per the manufacturer’s recommendations, remove and wash out the dustbin.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
When you’re done, simply pop open the large dustbin and empty debris directly into the trash—no tugging out tangled hair or gunk required.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustbin
Noun
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The musical moves the action from a junkyard to the fashion and dance-forward world of ballroom culture — the underground cultural movement born in New York that for decades has created a safe space for self-expression particularly among the Black and Latino LGBTQ+ community.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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More than two dozen dogs were rescued from a junkyard in Westmoreland County.—
Erika Stanish,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Still, the week’s focus on Ushuaia’s municipal landfill had locals defending the location and the region.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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Now, researchers plan to extend their investigations to nearby early settlement sites to determine if Culasawani is a midden or muddle.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Petrina is not the only one challenging the focus on the Ushuaia garbage dump as the starting point of the cruise ship outbreak.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Thompson tied it at 2 on four-minute power play seven minutes into the second when his dump-in from just over center ice deflected off the glass in the left corner to the crease and bounced in off Dobes’ right leg.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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“Dustbin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustbin. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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