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junkyard

noun

Definition of junkyardnext
as in landfill

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Recent Examples of junkyard A couple of years ago, the three members of mary in the junkyard flew to New York City from London with no plan other than to play for whoever would have them. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026 Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026 Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026 Project Boson will replace an auto parts junkyard with a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for junkyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
  1. landfill
  2. dustbin
  3. midden
  4. dump
  5. sanitary landfill
Noun
  • At full utilization, the site is expected to process as much as 300 metric tons of mixed municipal waste per day and divert 80 percent of the city’s waste from landfill.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Approximately 65% of plastic gets used for less than a month, yet will take anywhere from a century to a millennium to biodegrade, while approximately 80% of plastic lies in landfills or open spaces.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of landfill
Noun
  • While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Once a week or more often, turn the device over to check it, paying attention to the opening that leads from the roller compartment to the dustbin compartment to make sure there’s no dirt or debris lodged there.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
Definition of dustbin
Noun
  • The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Definition of midden
Noun
  • In one area of the 300 level, an escalator dumps fans into an area where fans had waited over an hour for the horns.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Shares have been in the dumps since the beginning of August, falling roughly 20%, due to a rare Marmaxx same-store sales miss in the second quarter and a near non-stop rally in oil.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of dump
Noun
  • The law banned putting yard waste — roughly one-fifth of municipal wastes — in sanitary landfills in 1990 and obliged local governments to recycle.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    — By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Definition of sanitary landfill

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