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Recent Examples of dustbin
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.
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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
The roomy dustbin didn’t need constant emptying, and the crevice tool came in clutch for picking up crumbs between couch cushions and from the tight corners of car seats.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The bad ones end up in the dustbin of history along with leisure suits, pet rocks, mullets, and disco.
—William Becker, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
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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
The roomy dustbin didn’t need constant emptying, and the crevice tool came in clutch for picking up crumbs between couch cushions and from the tight corners of car seats.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The bad ones end up in the dustbin of history along with leisure suits, pet rocks, mullets, and disco.
—William Becker, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustbin
Noun
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The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Archival added that rescue efforts had been hampered by the fact that any sparks created by digging machinery could ignite methane gas emitted by the landfill, per the outlet.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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At the landfill site dozens of rescuers scrambled overnight in search of people trapped.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
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The Rhode founder took to Instagram to share a photo dump on Friday, January 9, which most notably featured a snapshot of Bieber wrapped up in some luxurious looking bedsheets.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Messages were becoming info dumps rather than conversations.—
Isoke Atiba,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Dustbin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustbin. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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