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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitchen midden
Noun
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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 -
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
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As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Shark Matrix™ Plus 2-in-1 Self-Empty Robot Vacuum & Mop handles it all — carpets, hard floors, pet hair, and tricky corners — while emptying its own dustbin.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
12 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
Noun
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Most of it ends up in landfills or the ocean.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Connecticut’s troubles with trash began in 2022, when the state closed the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority’s waste-to-energy incinerator in Hartford, resulting in nearly 1 million tons of trash each year heading to landfills in Pennsylvania and Ohio.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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Rista Malanca, the director of community and economic development for the Northwest Hills COG, said the NRRA does not have the funds or the staff available to purchase and operate the transfer station.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2026
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Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Kitchen midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitchen%20midden. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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