compost

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Recent Examples of compost Here’s a little motivation to start your own compost pile — or at least separate food waste from landfill waste (as required by California law), because Americans were expected to throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving, and boy is that bad for climate change. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024 Cupertino residents can continue to pick up compost and mulch at Sunnyvale’s SMaRT Station, 301 Carl Road, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days per week. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 The potted plant experiment gave Wilde the idea that incorporating unused wool—which can hold up to 35% of its weight in H2O—into his compost pile might keep the product moist. Lindsey King, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024 To avoid pest issues, bury parchment paper deep in your compost pile or use a covered compost bin with a lid. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for compost 
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Noun
  • Massage kale with a high-quality olive oil for incorporation into a salad (the additional step breaks down the leaf's rigid structure and cuts the bitterness, blend into a homemade pesto, or sauté with lemon and garlic and enjoy as a side.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The incorporation of collision avoidance technologies and the enhancement of space situational awareness (SSA) are equally pivotal.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • If the answer is yes, a SOAR gives your team full control over your SOC’s tooling integrations and automations.
    Daryl Lim, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The app allows for seamless syncing across devices, enabling collaboration with others and integration with various apps and services.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But ground flaxseed has been broken down, making the omega-3s and other nutrients more available for absorption.
    Lina Begdache, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
  • To get the most benefits, take it with meals higher in fat to improve absorption and reduce side effects like reflux.
    Karen Berger, PharmD, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In letters to Judge Garnett on Jan. 7, the satellite TV providers said that despite the Fubo-Hulu merger, Venu remained anti-competitive in nature.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Since the merger, the total return for SNX shares has disappointed at 4.3%.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Second, there is the risk of cultural homogenization.
    Ali Hoss, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In milk that's commercially produced in the U.S., the step after pasteurization, homogenization, involves forcing milk through a small nozzle at a high pressure to break up its fat globules and give it a uniform consistency.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Love boasts no inherent magic by which these differences may be neatly expunged; each one must be resolved, or left open, in the total concretion of experience.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The museum was interested and asked to keep it to work on it to take off the many layers on concretion on it.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
Noun
  • Make Caramel For caramel mixture, butter the sides of a heavy medium saucepan.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Wildfire smoke is a mixture of water vapor, gases, and microscopic particles known as particulate matter.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the inner and outer fortress, a mix of all three types of graves dot the area; there’s no defined graveyard to separate the dwellings of the dead from those of the living.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Over half of flights out of Dallas-Fort Worth International airport on Thursday were canceled by noon as a mix of snow, ice and sleet moved into North Texas.
    Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Compost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compost. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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