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Recent Examples of trash
Noun
Her husband Peter and daughter Felicity made the find during one of the family’s regular quad bike expeditions to clear the beach of trash. CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 About a quarter of that is funded by property taxes, with other revenue coming from water and trash bills, fees collected by Miami International Airport and Port Miami, and a mix of sales tax and state and federal funds. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
The country as the shining light of democracy has been trashed by the administration. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 Michael Jackson was trashing the studio! Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash
Noun
  • After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One hurdle for these editors is that far-right hate is more conducive to digital slop, both because algorithms prize outlandish ragebait and because the tribalistic ideas themselves are low IQ rubbish.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This was due to the incredible amount of rubbish that had been left to pile up inside.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While the rental housing industry has said that many of these rules are already best practices, Elo-Rivera said that such reassurance is not helpful to the tenants who do get hit by junk fees and other charges on top of their rent.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Even small pieces of space junk (for example, leftover or broken pieces from space launches or nonfunctioning satellites) can have catastrophic effects.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vinicius Jr also thrived in the Italian’s counter-attacking tactical setup, which was designed at least in part to suit his pace and direct running, and delivered the club’s two most recent Champions League trophies in 2022 and 2024.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The only thing that carries any water is making up something to attack Gretchen.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just under two million Palestinians—virtually the entire population of Gaza—have been displaced since October 2023, many repeatedly, and Israeli forces have damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of homes in the Strip.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Teddy is a conspiracy theorist who believes Michelle is an alien hellbent on destroying Earth.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In July 2024, Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended by being dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In Monday’s filing, lawyers for Robert Morris and his wife, Debbie Morris, argue Clemishire’s claims should be dismissed in part because the statute of limitations on them have expired.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Early on, federal agents guarding the building deployed tear gas and shot pepper balls in clashes with protesters and arrested some of them, including some charged with felonies on suspicion of assaulting or blocking officers.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • At one point, the seventh-grader was assaulted, leaving bruises.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Working from top to bottom means debris from the top will land on a dirty floor instead of a clean one.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The debris appears as a large cloud of dirty water seen beyond the shoals off Montego Bay.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Trash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trash. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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