dustheap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustheap
Noun
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
  • Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • But what seems like a windfall quickly spirals into a chain of betrayal, junkyard standoffs and escalating violence.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In Marietta, with meager funds, Marcus Brachman started a junkyard.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When it’s done cleaning, the X9 can return to the base station to empty its dustbin automatically.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hotel diverts little to no waste to landfills, thanks to an ORCA food-waste digester installed in 2018, and has phased in in-house water bottling and refillable bathroom dispensers to eliminate single-use plastics.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Police found the dehydrator at a local landfill site.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
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“Dustheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustheap. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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