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Recent Examples of dustbin
It is now lost to the dustbin of history as a clear civil rights violation.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
As for Harris, she will be tasked as vice president with the role of presiding over Congress' certification of Trump's victory on January 6 of next year—four years to the day since the riot at the Capitol that seemed, at the time, destined to send her opponent to the dustbin of history.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2024
The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
The long battery life, large dustbin, laser technology, no-tangle brush roller, and ample attachments make this a solid investment.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
As for Harris, she will be tasked as vice president with the role of presiding over Congress' certification of Trump's victory on January 6 of next year—four years to the day since the riot at the Capitol that seemed, at the time, destined to send her opponent to the dustbin of history.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2024
The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
The long battery life, large dustbin, laser technology, no-tangle brush roller, and ample attachments make this a solid investment.
—Madison Yauger, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustbin
Noun
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Whether the app lives on or gets sent to the social media junkyard will be known sooner rather than later, with a ruling likely before Jan. 19.—
Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Jan. 2025
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The video features Drake in a celebratory mood, rocking all his famous jewelry while the same model van from the cover of Kendrick’s Good Kid, Mad City gets taken to a junkyard and demolished.—
Rob Marriott,
VIBE.com,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Plastic jugs are often not recycled & end up in landfills.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Disheartened and frustrated, Howells rushed to the landfill—roughly the size of a football field—only to realize that recovering his hardware crypto wallet was nearly impossible.—
Vinamrata Chaturvedi,
Quartz,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This behavior could help explain why historical Florida manatee populations that were hunted by humans are absent from middens and rarely mentioned in historical accounts.—
Beth Brady,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
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“Dustbin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustbin. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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