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Recent Examples of junkyard
The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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
So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The Accent was set on fire and later taken to a junkyard, where it was recovered by authorities, Toczylowski said.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
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
So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The Accent was set on fire and later taken to a junkyard, where it was recovered by authorities, Toczylowski said.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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The production composted food waste, did not use plastic water bottles and other single-use items, recycled pieces of set for local schools or families instead of sending them to landfill, and ran a can-recycling program.—
MIchelle Duff,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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The site also had storage facilities, powerhouses, landfills, burning grounds and waste treatment facilities.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And CDs are in the dustbin of history.—
Marc Silver,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Shark Stratos is designed for true hands free maintenance, featuring a NeverTouch Base that handles everything from emptying the dustbin to washing and drying the mop pads.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 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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And just like there would be a fee to drop waste off at the dump, there’s a fee to leave materials at EcoSet – starting at $350 for a vanload, up to $2200 or more for a large scenic trailer’s-worth.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Drawing vast amounts of energy from the planet dumps vast amounts of waste heat back into the biosphere.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024
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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
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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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