rubbish

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Recent Examples of rubbish Among the debris were bricks, tins of paint, stones, and other assorted rubbish. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025 The effort has so far transformed more than 10 tons of flowers from would-be rubbish into fragrant souvenirs. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025 The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rubbish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubbish
Noun
  • Wasps are also scavengers, and they can often be found flying around garbage bins looking for their next meal.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Folsom 4th of July garbage schedule For those living in Folsom, trash and waste pickup will continue as scheduled, according to the city’s website.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated July 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Every doctor who has pushed junk science on vulnerable kids should be held responsible.
    Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Who wouldn’t want content that’s relevant to their unique interests instead of a mess of irrelevant junk?
    Andrew Luttrell, Time, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • All of this exploring and staying open and slow-burn nonsense left us with half the villa coupled up but stagnant — unwilling to stray but unwilling to grow — and the other half hopelessly single.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 25 June 2025
  • Sadly, the label would have none of that experimental nonsense.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Chavez's action on that night left the crowd at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, showering the ring with debris.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • After 9/11, undocumented immigrants were tasked with cleaning up the debris of the World Trade Center, as Karla Cornejo Villavicencio showed in her book The Undocumented Americans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Hit a homerun at your celebration with these hearty seasoned beef hamburgers studded with cheddar cheese, onions, and roasted poblano peppers.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 June 2025
  • Then pick your cheese: plain (meaning no cheese), Whiz (Cheese Whiz), American, provolone, or Cooper sharp (white American with a sharp cheddar-like flavor).
    Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, kale and asparagus are also included in most low-carb diets—as are eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt and nuts like walnuts, peanuts, macadamia nuts and pistachios.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But despite the state’s best efforts to educate citizens on the importance of removing bird feeders, trash and food from yards, human-bear interactions continue to rise, showcasing a growing concern that bears are becoming less afraid of humans.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
  • The various entities funded bear-proof trash systems for people living in towns near the national parks and strung electric fences around tempting fruit orchards.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The [Terry] Rozier trade turned out to be kind of blah ...
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Living Better From blah to buoyant, these skills can improve your mood and optimism Why aim towards the ear?
    Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Rubbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubbish. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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