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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of trash
Noun
Make sure to take out indoor trash bags at least once a week to prevent rotting food from attracting flies into your home. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025 The next holiday to affect trash pickup is Thanksgiving. Chris Sims, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
And that’s the ultimate status symbol — having a $15,000 bag and then trashing it. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, 40 former superintendents said that leaving parks open would lead to trash, vandalism and other damage. MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash
Noun
  • Local services like garbage pickup and libraries may close in observance of the holiday as well.
    Addy Bink, The Hill, 12 Oct. 2025
  • As those flies landed, so did Stop Sale Orders on all that food that got thrown in the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This was due to the incredible amount of rubbish that had been left to pile up inside.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This is absolute rubbish, calculated to pour gasoline on the growing divide between conservatives and progressives.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Play Tetris in your bathroom vanity or junk drawer with these versatile containers.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
  • According to the creator, this tradition keeps little ones from eating too much junk, and makes Halloween all the more exciting!
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gunmen attacked the Nova Music Festival and Kibbutz Be’eri, among other targets.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Chiefs edge rusher George Karlaftis is capable of lining up on both sides, and Spagnuolo should look to exploit what could be a vulnerable area to attack the Lions’ front.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The fear of further Israeli strikes, particularly on Iran, remains acute in the public’s mind as much of Iranian air defenses likely were destroyed by Israel in June.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The Wild were absolutely destroyed in the faceoff circle, losing 44 of 71 (38 percent success rate).
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And Tucker Carlson has gained attention with his own programming distributed via social and digital media, Their audiences can be smaller and more disparate than the ones that come to mainstream news outlets, but in an era of cord-cutting, their niche power is not to be dismissed.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In February, following a SAG Award win for her breakout role in Shōgun, Anna Sawai dismissed rumors that she had been cast as Yoko Ono for the film series.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement obtained by multiple outlets, the Department of Homeland Security said the news producer allegedly threw objects at a Border Patrol car and was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Several officers were assaulted during this period, including one struck in the face.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The carcass was gone, the grass and weeds were licked clean of blood, and the knife was buried under debris.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike Starlink’s self-burning design, uncontrolled debris from defunct satellites and rocket stages could survive atmospheric reentry and land on Earth.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Trash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trash. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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