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Recent Examples of junkyard
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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The pitch competition was a compressed version of the real world, where founders had minutes to persuade judges that their solution can transform a system that currently sends enormous volumes of textiles to landfill, while brands face mounting pressure to prove progress.—
Lisa Jepsen,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would reduce packaging waste, saving money on shipments to landfills and incinerators.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 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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Thankfully, city officials—prodded by tenants and small-business owners, clergy and homeowners, and, yes, some landlords—rejected advice to consign neighborhoods such as East Flatbush to history’s dustbin.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 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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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
Noun
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There are many more deeper, harder to get to dumps that are not practical (or economically viable) to remediate.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Cash, check or credit card are accepted for dump station fees.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 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 Apr. 2026.
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