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Recent Examples of scrap heap
Likewise, a page not clearly designed to steal login credentials goes on the scrap heap.
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PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
The American Medical Association agrees that Daylight Saving Time belongs on the cultural scrap heap.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Finding Sam Hauser on the post-draft scrap heap and Payton Pritchard at the end of the first round extended their talent base.
—The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2015
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PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
The American Medical Association agrees that Daylight Saving Time belongs on the cultural scrap heap.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Finding Sam Hauser on the post-draft scrap heap and Payton Pritchard at the end of the first round extended their talent base.
—The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2015
See All Example Sentences for scrap heap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrap heap
Noun
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But on that record, even the happiest songs had a kind of love-among-the-ruins feel, where the romanticism seemed hard-fought.—
Liz Schubauer,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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With Njoku possibly missing time, Harold Fannin (who has received the most targets this season with 14) could benefit greatly and is an easy dump-off for Gabriel.—
Jess Bryant,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Our new favorite dump cake tastes like a cross between a gooey pecan pie and a buttery, cakey cobbler.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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In the village outside Lviv where the family members were killed, rescue workers dug through heaps of rubble.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Although efforts continue, emergency responders say their mission has shifted from rescue to recovery after using thermal drones and other tools to search for anyone who might still be alive underneath the rubble, The New York Times reported.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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No writing room can be pristine, but the detritus must not outweigh the buzzing, trembling atmosphere of solemn, serious work.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Any kind of hard material attracts fauna in water, says Andrey Vedenin, a marine biologist at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Germany, who was not involved in the Mallows Bay study but co-authored a separate new paper that detailed wildlife thriving on war detritus in the Baltic Sea.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
25 Sep. 2025
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Tariffs on lumber have increased construction costs, and immigration raids have hurt local businesses and caused children to stay home from school.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The combined companies would cover more than 50 percent of market share across categories including chemicals, metals and lumber.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Oct. 2025
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The show was marred only by an audio mix that dimmed Coleman’s evocative voice amid a wash of instruments — at least from this reviewer’s spot in the Fox — but the Red Clay Strays’ impact shone through nevertheless.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The piece is crafted from solid poplar wood, finished with a white wash, and sits on top of sturdy iron legs, which have adjustable levels to accommodate uneven floors or area rugs.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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The brand recommends connecting the home to your city’s main power, water, and sewage lines.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Enhanced sewage treatment is a good thing, especially in cases where human waste is clearly a pressing problem.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrap%20heap. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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