kitchen middens

Definition of kitchen middensnext
plural of kitchen midden

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landfills
Noun
  • The Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program’s work started decades ago to clean up sites contaminated by hazardous waste from mining operations, landfills and factories.
    Chloe Bennett-Steele, StateImpact, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The agency said the complaints lodged against Bowerman, one of the largest landfills in the country, far outpace those received about the two other OC landfills.
    Claire Wang, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Kitchen middens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitchen%20middens. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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