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Recent Examples of dustbin
The 15-ounce dustbin pulls free by pressing a lever and opens by pinching the finger indents in the top.
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PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Restoration Games specializes in rescuing great games like this from the dustbins of history.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Many robot vacuums have automatic dustbin emptying, or a smaller dustbin on the unit itself that automatically empties into a larger dustbin receptacle in the dock — like the Roborock Q5+ Robot Vacuum.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
In the meantime, however, the robovac delivers plenty of suction power, a spacious dustbin, and a 240ml water tank that allows this robot to also mop your floors.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Restoration Games specializes in rescuing great games like this from the dustbins of history.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Many robot vacuums have automatic dustbin emptying, or a smaller dustbin on the unit itself that automatically empties into a larger dustbin receptacle in the dock — like the Roborock Q5+ Robot Vacuum.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
In the meantime, however, the robovac delivers plenty of suction power, a spacious dustbin, and a 240ml water tank that allows this robot to also mop your floors.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustbin
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That could be yet another disruption to an automotive industry that relies on cars mostly heading to the junkyard after 15 years.James Morris, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
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Some vehicles may go to a junkyard, where people take the wheels or tires or body parts of the vehicle.Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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And the Leather and Hide Council of America estimates that one metric ton of hides in a landfill generates more than 13 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.Jennifer Bringle, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of unwanted gifts end up in the landfill each year, adding up to more than 5 billion pounds of holiday waste.Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2024
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Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones.Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
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Although the bones of fish, cattle, sheep and pig were pulled out of the middens (halos of garbage dumped from the huts above), there was no evidence of human casualties.Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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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 21 Dec. 2024.
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