junkyard

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Recent Examples of junkyard In Marietta, with meager funds, Marcus Brachman started a junkyard. Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025 Totaled cars are typically sold at a salvage auction to junkyards and vehicle rebuilders. Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Standout works include a series of images by Tony Albert and David Charles Collins depicting kids posing as Superhero charactres on of trashed cars in a junkyard. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 No, the worst Christopher Reeve Superman film is not the embarrassing Cannon Films installment but rather the one featuring a world-class comedian, a woman turning into a computer, and a terrific junkyard battle between Clark Kent and his belligerent jerk doppelganger. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for junkyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
  • The new approach offers a dual solution that simultaneously conserves agricultural resources and produces a biodegradable alternative to address landfill waste.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • According to the Global Fashion Agenda, that is the equivalent of a garbage truck full of clothing being incinerated or sent to a landfill every second.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Contributor Terri Williams praises its 50-minute run-time; tangle-free, five-stage filtration system; and dustbin disposal that deploys at the touch of a button.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025
  • 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.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Human poop was found in a 30-inch-deep midden inside the Cave of the Dead Children, according to a study published Oct. 22 in the journal.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Known to be pack rats, Allegheny woodrats will store large piles of food, called middens, in their dens.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Otherwise, schedule bulk trash pickup or haul the mattress to the dump.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In 2023, Hailey got into the Halloween spirit in an Instagram photo dump.
    Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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

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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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