as in dump
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill
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Recent Examples of landfill
And when the building is torn down, if the wood ends up in a landfill, the carbon can find its way out in the form of methane and other emissions.
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Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
Leaves that do end up in a landfill end up doing more harm than good.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
Food is often cut off from oxygen when it's piled up in a landfill.
—London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
In the Wednesday complaint, the county alleged that the companies promoted their bottles as recyclable but knew most of them would end up in landfills and that they cannot be meaningfully recycled without environmental harms.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
Leaves that do end up in a landfill end up doing more harm than good.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
Food is often cut off from oxygen when it's piled up in a landfill.
—London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
In the Wednesday complaint, the county alleged that the companies promoted their bottles as recyclable but knew most of them would end up in landfills and that they cannot be meaningfully recycled without environmental harms.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for landfill
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
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