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Recent Examples of transfer station
The two victims told police a car drove up to the bus transfer station on East Lancaster Avenue and someone in the car fired shots, police said.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2026
The jury saw photos of the search, which was conducted at a trash transfer station in Peabody, Massachusetts.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Municipal waste and recycling collected from homes and businesses in the area are received by the transfer station and temporarily stored in separate bays before recycling is moved to one of WM’s recycling facilities for processing.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
During the shutdown, passengers on the Red and Green lines were encouraged to catch a Yellow Line train running from San Francisco to Antioch at a transfer station.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2026
The jury saw photos of the search, which was conducted at a trash transfer station in Peabody, Massachusetts.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Municipal waste and recycling collected from homes and businesses in the area are received by the transfer station and temporarily stored in separate bays before recycling is moved to one of WM’s recycling facilities for processing.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
During the shutdown, passengers on the Red and Green lines were encouraged to catch a Yellow Line train running from San Francisco to Antioch at a transfer station.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer station
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024
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Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
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Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.—
Heather Vogell,
ProPublica,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Shark Stratos is designed for true hands free maintenance, featuring a NeverTouch Base that handles everything from emptying the dustbin to washing and drying the mop pads.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Thankfully, city officials—prodded by tenants and small-business owners, clergy and homeowners, and, yes, some landlords—rejected advice to consign neighborhoods such as East Flatbush to history’s dustbin.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The pitch competition was a compressed version of the real world, where founders had minutes to persuade judges that their solution can transform a system that currently sends enormous volumes of textiles to landfill, while brands face mounting pressure to prove progress.—
Lisa Jepsen,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would reduce packaging waste, saving money on shipments to landfills and incinerators.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer%20station. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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