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dustbin

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as in junkyard

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Recent Examples of dustbin Strong suction and a rolling brush effectively scoop up dirt, crumbs, and debris from the floors before returning to the base to empty into the 3-liter dustbin. — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026 Daniel Moeller Fotografie Wired headphones were supposed to be confined to the dustbin of audio history. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026 High Pa numbers are useful, but what’s also important is the roller that picks up dirt from the floor or agitates the carpet, so the suction can whoosh that dirt into the robot’s dustbin. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026 When selecting a car vacuum, Koukia suggests considering battery life, weight, suction power, dustbin size, and attachments. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dustbin

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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026

Definition of junkyard

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The rest is composted; turned into animal feed, biofuels and other industrial products; sold at a deep discount shortly before its use-by date; or disposed of in landfills and incinerators.

— John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Decomposing food can release hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas synonymous with landfills and garbage.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

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