kitchen midden

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitchen midden
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
  • 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
  • The roomy dustbin didn’t need constant emptying, and the crevice tool came in clutch for picking up crumbs between couch cushions and from the tight corners of car seats.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Archaeologists also found a vessel likely used for landfill retention, plus another one that remains unidentified.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Once there, the bird visited a garbage and recycling transfer station run by the company Recology.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • Romero and Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz attended a public meeting in May held by the city about the South 10th project, an effort to build housing on the site of a former transfer station on South 10th Ave.
    Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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“Kitchen midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitchen%20midden. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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