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
Lengthening the life of your gear helps save money and keep still useable products out of the landfill.
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Ebony Roberts, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Huron Township Department of Public Safety The suspect then drove into Carleton Farms Landfill on Clark Road in Sumpter Township, and the video shows the route along the service drive along the landfill around pickups, semitrucks and a dump truck whose crews were in the area.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
When tucked away in drawers or sent to landfills, these devices create hazards like leaking toxins and fire risks from aging batteries.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2026
Recycling old shoeboxes gives them another chance to be turned into something more useful instead of building landfills and emitting greenhouse gases into the air.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
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Ebony Roberts, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Huron Township Department of Public Safety The suspect then drove into Carleton Farms Landfill on Clark Road in Sumpter Township, and the video shows the route along the service drive along the landfill around pickups, semitrucks and a dump truck whose crews were in the area.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
When tucked away in drawers or sent to landfills, these devices create hazards like leaking toxins and fire risks from aging batteries.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2026
Recycling old shoeboxes gives them another chance to be turned into something more useful instead of building landfills and emitting greenhouse gases into the air.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landfill
dump
Noun
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Through Osio Vande’s lens, bears encounter tourists and garbage dumps, all while trying to evade conservation officers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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In a microburst, a storm cloud dumps cool air and rain straight down, like water from a broken awning.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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