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
If any item is contaminated with leftover food or the last drops of a beauty product, it's likely headed for the landfill or incinerator.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Leached water from textile waste in landfills contaminates groundwater with harmful chemicals and dyes, which can alter the pH and clarity of surface water.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Launched in July 2024, Seamless aims by July 2027 to divert 120,000 of the current 200,000 tonnes of clothing that currently goes to Australian landfills every year by promoting an array of circular business models, such as rental.
—Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
The Ethiopian-American investor and entrepreneur has built his career around challenging assumptions — whether by turning landfills into power plants or by turning scarcity into opportunity.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Leached water from textile waste in landfills contaminates groundwater with harmful chemicals and dyes, which can alter the pH and clarity of surface water.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Launched in July 2024, Seamless aims by July 2027 to divert 120,000 of the current 200,000 tonnes of clothing that currently goes to Australian landfills every year by promoting an array of circular business models, such as rental.
—Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
The Ethiopian-American investor and entrepreneur has built his career around challenging assumptions — whether by turning landfills into power plants or by turning scarcity into opportunity.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landfill
dump
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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